RE: So how big is your buffer cache ?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: April Wells [mailto:AWells_at_csedge.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 30, 2004 8:23 AM
> To: 'oracle-l_at_freelists.org'
> Subject: RE: So how big is your buffer cache ?
>
>
> But really people...
>
> What does it matter in the long run... size doesn't matter
> anyway, right?

That's the first time I see a lady say that. I thought it was a consolation of us, middle-aged, chubby DBA males. Joking aside, the buffer cache should be increased using the same principle as for everything else: you increase the buffer size when you start seeing free buffer waits in your V$SYSTEM_EVENT. The basic principle of the event-based tuning methodology is to try fixing that what sessions are actually waiting for, instead of computing BCHR, horoscope or your personal lucky number.

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Mladen Gogala
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