Thanks Gopal for responding, as always. My Qs are Prefixed with "~~Qs~~" below ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of K Gopalakrishnan Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 9:34 PM To: VIVEK_SHARMA Cc: oracle-l Subject: Re: cursor: pin S - mutex Wait - in Benchmark Vivek, Data Partitions can have much bigger impact on performance in RAC as starting from 10g we do the mastering ( and dynamic remastering) at segment level. Also the L2 bitmaps have instance affinity which also helps the local node to grow (or access) the local L1 bitmap blocks. Just see whether the local objects are mastered in the local node, or you can manually master th ~~Qs~~ How to check the same? Any Sample SQL, Link, Doc? ~~Qs~~ Is your sentence above incomplete? Are you trying to advise Manually master the Local objects in the Local Node? -- Best Regards, K Gopalakrishnan **************** CAUTION - Disclaimer ***************** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the original message. Further, you are not to copy, disclose, or distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such actions are unlawful. This e-mail may contain viruses. Infosys has taken every reasonable precaution to minimize this risk, but is not liable for any damage you may sustain as a result of any virus in this e-mail. You should carry out your own virus checks before opening the e-mail or attachment. Infosys reserves the right to monitor and review the content of all messages sent to or from this e-mail address. Messages sent to or from this e-mail address may be stored on the Infosys e-mail system. ***INFOSYS******** End of Disclaimer ********INFOSYS***