OS: Sun Solaris 2.8 Database: Oracle 10.1.0.4 CPU_COUNT: 32 On a database using RAW datafiles, what values should be specified for "db_writer_processes" and/or "filesystemio_options", assuming that "disk_asynch_io=TRUE" (also async i/o is available at OS-level) ? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l