This summary describes measurement errors identified in an I/O bottleneck problem in a 3-node RAC database environment: - Instance 1 was showing substantially higher single block read times than the other instances during off hours, when 5 batch jobs were running, indicating the timings for Instance 1 were incorrect. - The "sandwich syndrome" was observed, where gettimeofday calls showed excessive wait times between initiating and completing a single block read, exaggerated by the process waiting in the run queue for CPU. - The facts suggest the measurement errors were caused by the batch jobs causing Instance 1 to wait for CPU, inflating the perceived read latencies in the performance metrics.