Hallo , after upgrade from 10G to 11.2.0.3 DB allocated 430M of shared_io_pool select ksppinm, ksppstvl, ksppstdvl from x$ksppcv a, x$ksppi b where a.indx=b.indx and b.ksppinm like '%shared_io%'; KSPPINM KSPPSTVL KSPPSTDVL ------------------------------ -------------------- --------------- __shared_io_pool_size 452984832 432M _shared_io_pool_size 0 0 _shared_iop_max_size 536870912 512M _shared_io_pool_buf_size 1048576 1M _shared_io_pool_debug_trc 0 0 _shared_io_set_value FALSE FALSE What possibilities are to set upper boundary of shared_io_pool ? With setting _shared_iop_max_size ? Did anybody play with these parameters ? How it is possible to monitor if (and how effective, impact on performance ) this pool is used ? Why the DB allocated such pool ? We have other 11G DBs , also with LOBs , where such pool ist not present. Best Regards, Petr-- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l