Chris, > Eons ago PCs had those "turbo" switches (it was never totally clear > why they put them there in the first place, anyway). I've this bad > feeling there's a secret "turbo" switch I can't spot hidden somewhere > in Solaris :/ Yes. Check out Jignesh's configuration advice .... ach, this is down. Hold on, I will get you instructions on how to turn on filesystem caching and readahead in Solaris. -- --Josh Josh Berkus Aglio Database Solutions San Francisco