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From: "Wombat" <Wombat@Wombat.co.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.databases.oracle.server
Subject: Oracle goes ballistic
Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 23:58:16 +0100
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Hi,

Every now and then my Oracle Enterprise Server goes consumes 100% of the CPU
for 10-15 minutes then all goes quiet.  Truss of the process reveals a
stream of brk(xxxxxxx) system calls.  Any idea what is wrong here?

Thanks in Advance

Wombat