Speaking of freelists, is checking v$segment_statistics for buffer busy = waits a valid indication of possibly needing more freelists? For example, the = following buffer busy waits=20 occurring for the selected objects are the values are for one night of = batch processing: OBJECT_NAME OBJECT_TYPE VALUE ------------------------------ ------------------ ---------- ORDER_SHIP TABLE PARTITION 1106138 ORDER_SHIP TABLE PARTITION 1270775 SALES_ORDER TABLE PARTITION 1589732 SALES_ORDER TABLE PARTITION 1723766 ORDER_SHIP TABLE PARTITION 1935923 SALES_ORDER TABLE PARTITION 2411662 ORDER_SHIP TABLE PARTITION 2715558 Thanks, Jeff T. = =20 -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tanel P=F5der Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 4:42 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Increase FREEIST w/o drop objects--sorry for the previous = garbage code ASSM - Automatic segmnet space management. There is no such thing as freelist for an ass-managed segment, free = space is managed using internal indexes and bitmaps within them in ASSM. If interested in more, check = http://integrid.info/Poder_Freelists_vs_ASSM.ppt for quick review.. Tanel. ----- Original Message -----=20 From: "zhu chao" <zhuchao@xxxxxxxxx> To: <sjhussain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <chzhu@xxxxxxxx>; <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; = <oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <sinardyxing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 12:45 PM Subject: Re: Increase FREEIST w/o drop objects--sorry for the previous = garbage code > There are many site don't use the new features , like ASM. There are a = > lot of ASM related bugs in metalink. So it is still meaningful to tune = > freelists/groups even in 9i. > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l