of the T2000 server vs Proliant DL380 G3 (based on 3Ghz Xeons). One Niagara core were approximately 7 to 8 times slower than single Xeon CPU in batch task (huge sorts/aggregates) - ...I'm not syaing you didn't see this result, but that seem slower than expected. To what degree was I/O a factor? -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l