We just implemented Concurrent I/O (mount -cio & filesystemio_options=setall) on our AIX 5.2 ML4 sever with Oracle 9.2.0.5, as recommended by IBM and Oracle, but after preliminary testing performance seems to be worse, or the same at best. I remember seeing a note on Metalink about how to verify that Oracle is actually using direct I/O, but now I can't find it. Does anyone know how to verify that Oracle is actually performing asynch IO & concurrent IO? Thanks, Brandon Allen Database Administrator OneNeck IT Services Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.