200 MBs. I tried it on a variety of different tables. Many over a a gigabyte. No difference in total physical IO in my tkprof output. I read the raw trace file. db_file_scattered_read with a p3 value = 128 and a value = 8(for two different traces). so both settings are taking. -------------- Original message -------------- > Ryan, > Was the data retrieved less than or equal to 8k? If it was than the > I/O should be the same as it will only retrieve the data that is needed > no matter what the db_file_multiblock_read_count(MBRC) is. Try the same > test making sure that the data you need it larger than the MBRC and > compare the results. > Just a thought. > Ron > ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------