Re: Oracle9i and 8GB RAM on Win2k Adv. Srv.

skapitza_at_volcanomail.com (s.kapitza) wrote in message news:<26703915.0301090123.435b448d_at_posting.google.com>...
> AFAIK
>
> - W$dows isnt able to give more than 3 Gig Proces space, Not Oracle.
> - W$dows Datacenter is able (may be wrong here)
>
> regards
>
> s.kapitza
>
> hi_neil_at_yahoo.com (Neil) wrote in message news:<85c46a2b.0301081156.64b1f222_at_posting.google.com>...
> > We currently running 8.1.6.3 patch 8 on Win2K Adv. Srv. SP2.
> > Hardware is compaq quad 900 MHz and 8GB RAM
> > We are able to use more than 4 GB RAM with the switches in
> > Boot.ini(/3GB /PAE) and AWE_WINDOW_MEMORY registry parameter.
> > Currently, we are in a process of testing migration to 9.2.0.2.1.
> > Oracle is not able to recognize more than 4GB of RAM with same tweaks
> > to boot.ini and AWE_WINDOW_MEMORY registry parameter.
> >
> > Any suggestions...

Hi Neil,

Yes, Oracle can use more than 3G on Win 2000 Adv with 8i.

But you must remove the /3GB switch and leave in only the /PAE.

Then you can go up the 8G (total)

Unfortunately, with 9.2, it doesn't appear to work :(

Good Luck

Richard Received on Thu Jan 09 2003 - 21:42:11 CST