Since your question is very broad and unspecific, what about looking at BOL for "Reading pages" for a starter? -- Frank Kalis Microsoft SQL Server MVP http://www.insidesql.de Heute schon gebloggt?http://www.insidesql.de/blogs
it just means the sql server engine improved the code for read aheads and scans nothing you need to worry about also, this was intended to improve performance on good disk systems. if you don't have a well configured disk array, it probably wont help and may even hurt
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2000/maintain/sqlIObasics.mspx a sample. Satya SKJ Microsoft SQL Server MVP Contributing Editor & Forums Moderator http://www.SQL-Server-Performance.Com This posting is provided �AS IS� with no rights for the sake of knowledge sharing.