so the db name are PROD1, PROD2, PROD3, PROD4, ... PROD25 wondering why most of databases name here are prod. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Connor McDonald" <mcdonald.connor@xxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 5:02 PM Subject: Re: Does this happen to you at work? > $ ps -ef | grep pmon | wc -l > 130 > > Part of this organisation's policy of one application per database... > > Sigh... > > On 5/10/05, mhthomas <qnxodba@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Quote: > > "We just don't know why the server with 25 databases is slow. But, I'm > > a firm believer in the silver bullet methodology. If we just start > > shutting down production databases one-by-one we'll eventually find > > the one that's causing the problem". > >=20 > > --=20 > Connor McDonald > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= > =3D=3D > email: connor_mcdonald@xxxxxxxxx > web: http://www.oracledba.co.uk > > "Semper in excremento, sole profundum qui variat" > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l