Re: huge pages, ASMM and SGA sizing

From: Justin Mungal <justin_at_n0de.ws>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2014 08:06:40 -0500
Message-ID: <CAO9=aUyUn2pPvF7BnzsAZSk+A-=LHkPkUME9-ZVSz29BZynzeQ_at_mail.gmail.com>



Hi April,

Is V$SGA_TARGET_ADVICE being populated?

From what I recall either manual allocation or ASMM are your only options, because AMM is not supported with HugePages.

I have some queries that I've used for tuning SGAs, I have to run now but I'll get them for you later.

-Justin

On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 7:56 AM, April Sims <aprilcsims_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks to everyone with the Huge pages advice....we now have it enabled.
>
> I am now getting pressure from all sides to increase the SGA "because we
> have plenty of memory now" with huge pages. Triple the current SGA
> size....what are the ramifications of doing this? In 10G there were lots
> of easy ways to check buffer/pool sizes with hit ratios.
>
> Does anyone have some advice? I need solid evidence to back up what I
> say....just pointing to the ADDM report isn't what they want. We don't own
> Database Replay.
>
>
> I currently have the SGA allocated manually....I have not turned on ASMM
> yet (but it is on the table) and don't plan on using AMM due to known
> issues with huge pages.
>
> Currently on 11.2.0.3 with a planned upgrade to 12.1.0.2 within the year.
>
> thanks,
>
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