V$LOCK_TYPE says this about SI enqueues: SQL> @lt si Show lock type info from V$LOCK_TYPE for lock si TYPE LOCK NAME ID1 MEANING ID2 MEANING LT_ DESCRIPTION ---- ------------------------------ ------------------------- ------------------------- --- ------------------------------------------------------------ SI Streams Table Instantiation object # 0 NO Prevents muiltiple streams table instantiations So, do you have streams in use? -- Tanel Poder Expert Oracle Exadata book: http://www.apress.com/9781430233923 On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Charles Schultz <sacrophyte@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Good day, listers, > I have two questions wrapped up in one issue. :) > 1) What exactly is "enq: SI - contention" - it does not appear to be > documented, and not many relevant hits on google > 2) Why would a subpartition compress operation block simultaneous compress > operations in different subpartitions or partitions? > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l