On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 J.Velikanovs@xxxxxxxx wrote: > Dinesh, > I would like to recommend you to read this paper: > http://www.sun.com/sun-on-net/performance/vmsizing.pdf > In particular read up on file system buffering and forcedirectio (pg 95). We found a huge performance gain on Solaris 2.6 by enabling forcedirectio and priority paging. Post-2.6 priority paging isn't needed but the reduced CPU demands of forceddirectio is very noticeable. S- -- To unsubscribe - mailto:oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx&subject=unsubscribe To search the archives - //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/