Sybrand Bakker wrote:
>>What's the impact of having large number for processes (init
>>parameter) other than allowing more connections to oracle?
>
> You will be allowing a higher number of processes, hence more memory
> issues, hence heavier pagefaulting. Need I say more?
Yep. IMO you should add that another Bad Thing is idle CPU time. If more
processes allows you to use that idle time to good effect, then by all
means up the number of processes. Remembering though that a CPU that runs
at capacity is a Worse Thing.
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Billy
Received on Wed Sep 18 2002 - 02:45:47 CDT
