FYI... I tried statistics_level=basic and it didn't stop the ping process from running. However _ksxp_ping_enable did the trick - thanks! -Jeremy On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Tanel Poder <tanel.poder.003@xxxxxxx>wrote: > Hi Jeremy, > > _ksxp_ping_enable = false > > Haven't tried statistics_level=basic, it may disable the cluster ping as > well as there's "Global Cache Statistics" enabled at level TYPICAL and > higher in V$STATISTICS_LEVEL view... > > -- > Regards, > Tanel Poder > http://blog.tanelpoder.com > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto: > oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Jeremy Schneider > *Sent:* Wednesday, July 30, 2008 22:36 > *To:* Oracle-L Freelists > *Subject:* disable 11g PING bg process? > > There's a new background process is 11g called PING; in v$bgprocess it > has the description "interconnect latency measurement". I'm setting up a > sandbox RAC system in vmware on a very CPU-starved box and noticed this > process high on my "top" output... just wondering, does anyone know how to > disable it? STATISTICS_LEVEL? I'd imagine there's some hidden param that > can disable this and nothing else... anyone know what it might be? > > -Jeremy > > -- > Jeremy Schneider > Chicago, IL > http://www.ardentperf.com/category/technical > > -- Jeremy Schneider Chicago, IL http://www.ardentperf.com/category/technical