Re: What are background timers

In article <3m3s1c$74o_at_mrnews.mro.dec.com>, babineau_at_eps.enet.dec.com () writes:
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>Nancy Babineau
>Applications Systems Engineering Performance | Opinions are mine,
>Digital Equipment Corporation | not those of my
>Merrimack, NH | employer.
>nancy.babineau._at_mko.mts.dec.com |
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>Hello all,
>I am running the following configuration and would like to inquire
>out there advice on
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> "background timeouts"
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>I have
> Digital UNIX v3.2
> ORACLE V7.1.4
> PeopleSoft Payroll application
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>My estat reports generate 25K of background timeouts a day.
>
>What do these mean? Should I be alarmed? Do they impact performance?
>How can I reduce them? Thank you to all out there!! (I have looked
>all over the documentation).
>

Don't worry about it. It's "normal".

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Vipin Gokhale
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Oracle Corporation
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