Re: swap space for Oracle 10

From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:49:30 -0500
Message-ID: <ad3aa4c90803270649w531d9afbm4ca510bfdcdab8a1@mail.gmail.com>


From Oracle metalink:

If RAM = 1024MB to 2048Mb
then 1.5 times RAM
elseif RAM > 2048MB and < 8192MB
then match RAM
else RAM > 8192MB
then .75 times RAM

So you need 4G swap.

On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Mercadante, Thomas F (LABOR) < Thomas.Mercadante_at_labor.state.ny.us> wrote:

> John,
>
> I have 12G of swap space supporting 20 databases with 40G of memory. This
> is on AIX 5.2 with a mix of Oracle 9.2 & 10.2 databases.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Tom
>
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> *Subject:* swap space for Oracle 10
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> I am installing Oracle 10 on AIX 5.3 machine with 4GB RAM
>
> How much swap space should I configure?
>
>
>
> John Dunn
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