Alex, One way to find out for certain is to truss (strace, ktrace, tusc, whatever...) an Oracle kernel that logs time to the event--on a test = system. In the truss output, you'll be able to see the exact size of the read = calls. Sometimes, even when the manual appears to document something = completely, you find that it's possible to understand things a little more = thoroughly than the even the staff who wrote the manual. Cary Millsap Hotsos Enterprises, Ltd. http://www.hotsos.com * Nullius in verba * Upcoming events: - Performance Diagnosis 101: 1/4 Calgary - SQL Optimization 101: 12/13 Atlanta - Hotsos Symposium 2005: March 6-10 Dallas - Visit www.hotsos.com for schedule details... -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx = [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Alexandre Gorbatchev Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 7:52 AM To: Oracle-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: log file sequential read - arguments P3 Hi list. Does anybody know whether P2/P3 arguments for "log file sequential read" wait event are in database blocks or in log blocks? The manual is not clear but it seems to mean database block size. = However,=20 I believe that it gotta be log block size. I couldn't find anything = useful=20 on Metalink either. Thanks, Alex -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l