Re: Disk Utilization alert

From: Michael Austin <maustin_at_firstdbasource.com>
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:46:29 -0500
Message-ID: <hQTck.4873$cn7.588@flpi145.ffdc.sbc.com>


rgvguplb wrote:
> Hi
>
> Our database generated an alert with a message that reads:
>
> Disk Utilization for 1 D: is 98.61%
>
> This was generated by the default rules available in 10g. We think it
> means there's more activity than normal on the disk, but not too sure
> what to do about it. I don't think we've changed our application in
> any significant way lately. is there a way we can track down what's
> happening?
>
> we're using 10g 10.2.0.3.0 on windows 2003 server.
>
> thanks

How many disk devices are in the system? If your db is on one drive (drive d:) and you have too many connections or requests - you could easily saturate the drive's bandwidth - and therefore receive the message. Received on Tue Jul 08 2008 - 19:46:29 CDT

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