Hello List, We have ePayment system and we use TIBCO application. An adaptor has a update sql statements that runs continuously. I found the following top 5 waits events for this session Log file sysn(redo allocation retries + Avergae redo wirte size = are very high) Latch free (Cache buffers chains + Library cache) I know that latch free(cache buffers chains) accessing the same block/buffers again & again. How can I avoid hot block/buffers problem? Best Regards, Syed Jaffar Hussain ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------