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I noticed that from time to time one of my databases ( I use NT 4 SP 6 with 5 instance running on it Oracle server ver 8.0.4 ) keeps the server's hard disk working like hell even if there is no one connected to any other instance at all.
Could be this from the SMON ( defragmenting for instance ) , it does not return any error messages but it keeps working like this for 2 or 3 days continously then it gets back to its normal status.
Also performance degradation happens during this process.
What could be the cause ??
Thank You
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Have you checked Memory usage?
Maybe it's beyond physical memory so the disk activity is swapping/paging.
Another thing: I don't know if in 8.0.4 you can, but try to create your TEMPORARY tablespace with the TEMPORARY clause, not PERMANENT.