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Re: Probably stupid question about sum of SGA sizes on NT server...

From: Joe Raube <jraube_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 06:01:35 -0700
Message-ID: <F001.0033197F.20010621053035@fatcity.com>

You can exceed the 256Mb, if you don't mind the continual swapping to disk, and the thrashing that comes with that. ;-)

Usually not a good thing to do.

It's usually a good idea to allow some room for the Operating System as well.

just remember, Virtual Memory = disk swapping (usually)..

-Joe

> Hi folks,
>
> as the subject indicates, I feel really stupid asking this question, but
> here goes...
>
> If I have several Oracle 8i instances running on an NT Server with, say,
> 256Mb of memory available, then does this mean that the sum of the SGA sizes
> for all the instances, taken together, can't exceed 256Mb? As I say, it
> feels like a stupid question, but the phrase "virtual memory" keeps popping
> into my head!
>
> Paul
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