It would be very useful to have as much information as possible on what precisely the batch job is doing (or more likely the program(s) within it). Such as; Assuming that each of the 3.2 million records is being read, how many are being updated? Is this number increasing? Are any other datasets read and/or updated at the same time? What is the locking strategy? Please get back asap. Peter "Friedrich Harasleben" <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message news:4151834F.635AB3E3@coface.at... > Hello Image Gurus > > I face a serious situation on our HP3000. > A batch job which used to run for about 30-45 minutes (stores data in an > image detail with about 3.200.000 entries) runs now 4 hours and longer > to handle the same amount of data. > > I did a rough look with FLEXIBASE but not real idea at the moment as > wath to look for? > Any suggestion highly appreciated. > regards > Friedrich > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *