On Fri, Nov 6, 2009 at 8:57 AM, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > I also agree this method of "auto-tuning" isn't sucha a good idea since if > you set your db_cache_size/sga_target too low or your sessions too high, > then you may be inadvertently throttling down your multiblock reads more > than you should. I'm thinking in my specific situation I'll gather > system_stats to set mbrc for optimization and then set > db_file_multiblock_read_count=128 manually instead. > > It appears that the following conclusion may be drawn: Automatic tuning isn't really automatic. Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com