Hi, > VM page remapping is not possible for a user > process. I speak for Solaris and Linux. Other OSes may > allow it though. Anyways, since Oracle is largely UNIX- > oriented, your second scenario is more likely. Ok, it well might be like that - I haven't dug that deep into OSes. Maybe the remapping works for user process if dealing with memory mapped files? (with ioctl() or smth like perhaps?) Tanel. -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l