The USER$ and TSQ$ ( tablespace quota ) tables are in the cluster C_USER#. You haven't provided any other info about the system, so it could be a number of things. High number of hard parses? High login activity? ?? You might try dumping that block and see what's in it. HTH Jared On Tue, 7 Dec 2004 09:17:26 -0500, BN <bnsarma@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Greetings, > > Oracle 8174 on HP UX > > I notice BBW with 220 on c_user# during busy times, any suggestions > > 7 file# 1 block# 54 id > 220 buffer busy waits > 240 file# 1 block# 54 id > 220 buffer busy waits > 219 file# 1 block# 54 id > 220 buffer busy waits > 272 file# 1 block# 54 id > 220 buffer busy waits > 16 file# 1 block# 54 id > 220 buffer busy waits > 49 file# 1 block# 54 id > 220 buffer busy waits > 203 file# 1 block# 54 id > 220 buffer busy waits > > Enter value for absolute_file_number: 1 > old 3: WHERE file_id = &absolute_file_number > new 3: WHERE file_id = 1 > Enter value for block_number: 54 > old 4: AND &block_number BETWEEN block_id AND block_id + blocks > -1 > new 4: AND 54 BETWEEN block_id AND block_id + blocks -1 > > OWNER SEGMENT_NAME SEGMENT_TYPE > ------------ ------------------------------ --------------- > SYS C_USER# CLUSTER > > Regards & Thanks > BN > > -- > Regards & Thanks > BN > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l