Unless it's (marginally) free SSD, check your log file parallel write times - your time loss might be in the inter process communication, and there may be no gain (not to mention intermittent slow writes) in SSD. Regards Jonathan Lewis http://jonathanlewis.wordpress.com/all_postings Author: Oracle Core (Apress 2011) http://www.apress.com/9781430239543 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patterson, Joel" <Joel.Patterson@xxxxxxxxxxx> | We have an app that by nature does a lot of commits. I'd like to move my log files to Solid State Disks, non-volatile SSD -- so nothing is lost in case of power outage. | | Are there any caveats or warnings or experience on the list for me before I move forward? | -- | //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l | -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l