I don't think your result is particularly surprising - one of the guys at dbi services produced some startling figures a couple of years ago: http://www.dbi-services.com/index.php/blog/entry/protecting-an-oracle-database-from-block-corruption But I think it can vary enormously with the nature of the work. Regards Jonathan Lewis http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com @jloracle ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Hemant K Chitale [hemantkchitale@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: 07 November 2014 00:08 To: ORACLE-L Subject: Db_block_checking (11.2) What is the observed overhead of db_block_checking=TRUE (FULL) when running an UPDATE (1 to 3 columns) of almost all the rows of a table ? I see a 30% increase in CPU time. Sent from my smart phone. Hemant K Chitale