agreed! ________________________________ From: Vlad Sadilovskiy [mailto:vlovsky@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 6:55 PM To: kevinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l Subject: Re: I/O and db_file_multiblock_read_count Kevin, This thread had got broken into two distinct problems from the beginning: 1 - performance of scattered read. 2 - system statistics. Sure thing testing will shed some light on the first one. I was just making point on the other. -