On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 2:21 PM, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: If you disabled parallellism, you couldn't get PX wait events. You might want to try with DOP of 1. I'd also verify CIO is being used if you aren't sure. Reminds me of the old Henny Youngman joke: "I went to the doctor. I said 'Doc, it hurts when I do this.' He said 'Don't do that.'" Paul Baumgartel CREDIT SUISSE Information Technology Prime Services Databases Americas One Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010 USA Phone 212.538.1143 paul.baumgartel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.credit-suisse.com ________________________________ From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Smith Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 3:29 PM To: Allen, Brandon; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: perplexing performance on AIX We really want to be able to use parallel. ________________________________ From: John Smith [mailto:john40855@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 11:57 AM To: Allen, Brandon Subject: Re: perplexing performance on AIX Yes, we tried decreasing the DOP. Didnt really affect the wait event. I am pretty sure the drives are already mounted w/ CIO. At least they are supposed to be. On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Have you tried decreasing the degree of parallelism (or maybe even disabling it) to see if that helps? Sometimes too much parallelism is a bad thing. You might also want to consider using concurrent IO if you're not already. Regards, Brandon Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it. ============================================================================== Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://www.credit-suisse.com/legal/en/disclaimer_email_ib.html ==============================================================================