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On Sat, 5 Feb 2000 19:58:19 -0600, "spencer" <spencerp_at_swbell.net>
wrote:
>
>With Oracle8 (i'm not sure about 7.3) you can increase the
>number of database writer processes to improve performance,
>because the multiple DBWx processes emulate "async i/o".
Yes, 7.3 does it too. So did 6. I can't remember if 5 did it...
Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam
http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html
Received on Sun Feb 06 2000 - 03:29:06 CST