Periodically we have a problem with our raid arrays and suddenly iowait shoots up. Does anyone have a method of identifying the source of iowait. I find it hard to tell whether say the cache on a raid array was disabled versus more processes performing table scans. I understand historical tracking but often don't have this info on the databases. Currently working with 9i. Thx, Dave ____________________________________________________ Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l