It is not unusual for Java to spend an inordinate amount of time doing garbage collection. I am not referring to any Oracle product in particular, but Java in general. Most Java processes are started with script, and that script can be modified to control the amount of memory used and the garbage collection process. It's been awhile since I had to mess with this - we had to do so with Agile ( which has been an Oracle product for the past 4 or 5 years IIRC) You can probably find some good information on tuning Java on MOS and/or some discretionary googling. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Jeffrey Beckstrom <JBECKSTROM@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Our installation of Grid Control is progressing very slowly due to the > JAVAW.exe process from the OUI consuming 80-90% of the cpu. Anybody > know if there would be any negative effects of right clicking the > process and then setting its priority to "low". > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l