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  • Larry Melia
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    Problem with Oracle 9i on laptops -- disk writes every 1-2 seconds!

    I've been working with Oracle 9i for about 8 months on windows XP (the same
    problem occurs with WIN2000). However, I noticed that the latest release has
    some software that "hits the disk" about every 1-2 seconds! Anyway, this is
    a real problem on my laptop, because it can NEVER go into a low-battery-mode
    since the disk sub-system is always active. Does anyone know how to shut
    this 1-2 second disk hit (evdently a disk-write from what I can tell)? I've
    spent about 16 hours
    trying to trace which processes which are hitting-the-disk! I've almost
    identified it, but when I shut down those processes, I still get the
    disk-hits! This is BAD NEWS for laptop users that have to work off battery.
    Anyway, I hope ORACLE will fix this problem soon!

    Thank you in advance for your advise!


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    • Rauf Sarwar
      #2
      Re: Problem with Oracle 9i on laptops -- disk writes every 1-2 seconds!

      "Larry Melia" <larrymeliaNOSP AM@ieee.orgwrot e in message news:<BaRLa.904 54$49.3455220@t wister.socal.rr .com>...
      I've been working with Oracle 9i for about 8 months on windows XP (the same
      problem occurs with WIN2000). However, I noticed that the latest release has
      some software that "hits the disk" about every 1-2 seconds! Anyway, this is
      a real problem on my laptop, because it can NEVER go into a low-battery-mode
      since the disk sub-system is always active. Does anyone know how to shut
      this 1-2 second disk hit (evdently a disk-write from what I can tell)? I've
      spent about 16 hours
      trying to trace which processes which are hitting-the-disk! I've almost
      identified it, but when I shut down those processes, I still get the
      disk-hits! This is BAD NEWS for laptop users that have to work off battery.
      Anyway, I hope ORACLE will fix this problem soon!
      >
      Thank you in advance for your advise!

      I have both 8i and 9i on my Dell laptop (Win2K). I generally run only
      one of the databases on as needed basis. Other then Oracle utilizing
      memory... I have not seen any *unusual* I/O. It must be some process
      in your particular database (or some other OS process) that is running
      every few seconds and doing some disk I/O.

      Regards
      /Rauf Sarwar

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        • Rauf Sarwar
          #3
          Re: Problem with Oracle 9i on laptops -- disk writes every 1-2 seconds!


          Originally posted by Sander Goudswaard
          "Larry Melia" wrote in
          news:BaRLa.9045 4$49.3455220@tw ister.socal.rr. com:"]news:BaRLa.9-
          0454$49.3455220 @twister.socal. rr.com:[/url]
          >
          I've been working with Oracle 9i for about 8 months on windows
          XP (the
          [...]
          >
          Sorry Larry,
          >
          - posting a message 3 times won't help
          - The Oracle database is not certified on XP (client only)
          - A database will never allow your disk/computer to go to standby.
          >
          Stop the database if you want the laptop to go to standby - and
          Oracle will
          not confirm or fix problems that you encounter on non-certified
          operating
          systems.
          >
          Good luck,
          Sander

          I have manually put my laptop in standby while database is running... no
          issues. Database is available when the laptop is brought online.

          Regards
          /Rauf Sarwar

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