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RE: What's max sort_area_size? SUN 64 bit O 9.2.0.4 64 bit

From: Mark W. Farnham <mwf_at_rsiz.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 16:15:56 -0400
Message-ID: <KNEIIDHFLNJDHOOCFCDKCEMFENAA.mwf@rsiz.com>


Ah. Unfortunately that limit is compiled in and shipped for a given OS/release. I do not believe that you can change it. I have not checked on the availability of a "large memory model" release for that port, nor am I sure they bump sort area size max above 2G even for a "large memory model" port.

mwf
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Wolfson Larry - lwolfs
  Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 2:33 PM
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  Subject: RE: What's max sort_area_size? SUN 64 bit O 9.2.0.4 64 bit

  Mark,Niall, Thanks for input. What I'm asking is what parameter sets the limit and how can I raise the bar.

      Just thought on 64 bit OS it could be higher than 2G.

      From my TAR:

  Hi,
  The Sort_area_size minimum value is equivalent of six database blocks and   the maximum is OS dependent. This has been documented in NOTE:30918.1.(see below)

  Pls let us know if you have tried setting the PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET instead of setting
  sort_area_size.

  There are some known issues like dynamically changing the parameters sort_area_size, hash_area_size ...failing with ORA-68.

  For example:
  SQL> alter session set sort_area_size=2097152;   ERROR:
  ORA-68: invalid value 2097152 for parameter sort_area_size

  SQL> alter session set hash_area_size=2097152;   ERROR:
  ORA-68: invalid value 2097152 for parameter hash_area_size ...

  The range of values are different.
  In most of the times restarting the database resolved the issue.(???????????????)

  The reason could be that the range of these parameters are stored in SGA, for some reason SGA corrupted/defective where range is stored. Afraid! so bounce of the database should solve it.

  Thanks XXXXXXX

        Parameter type Integer

        Default value 65536

        Parameter class Dynamic: ALTER SESSION, ALTER SYSTEM ... DEFERRED

        Range of values Minimum: the value equivalent of six database blocks

        Maximum: operating system-dependent (WHAT PARM?)

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Mark W. Farnham
  Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 6:03 AM
  To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
  Subject: RE: What's max sort_area_size? SUN 64 bit O 9.2.0.4 64 bit

    I think I see 2G-1 in the error message. Is that the limit you were looking for?

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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org]On Behalf Of Wolfson Larry - lwolfs
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 3:57 AM To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org Subject: What's max sort_area_size? SUN 64 bit O 9.2.0.4 64 bit I've 3-4 servers with 16-26G of memory, that I thought I could use for
some large sorts we're running at night.
      I got back
      06:24:20 LNW>ALTER SESSION SET SORT_AREA_SIZE =3147483647;
      ERROR: ORA-00068: invalid value 3147483647 for parameter
sort_area_size, must be
      between 0 and 2147483647

      Opened a TAR and OS said it was OS dependent.  I asked what limit was
and he said he didn't have that info, BUT, if I re-started DB the problem should go away... I was hoping for a more concrete answer. And TAR still hasn't been updated although I did get phone call.
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