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Re: 2GB limit of memory for Oracle on WIndows 32 bit

From: <zigzagdna_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:33:58 -0700
Message-ID: <1183368838.146845.243360@n2g2000hse.googlegroups.com>


On Jul 2, 5:29 am, zigzag..._at_yahoo.com wrote:
> On Jul 1, 10:47 pm, Charles Hooper <hooperc2..._at_yahoo.com> wrote:
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> > On Jul 1, 12:37 pm, zigzag..._at_yahoo.com wrote:
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> > > On Jul 1, 11:41 am, sybra..._at_hccnet.nl wrote:
> > > > Apart from that cranking up the memory won't resolve your fundamental
> > > > problem: apparently you never tuned your application and now you want
> > > > to resolve that by throwing memory at the problem.
> > > > This method has been demonstrated to be fundamentally wrong over and
> > > > over again, and is one of the safest methods to end up in hell or at
> > > > the unemployment office.
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> > > > --
> > > > Sybrand Bakker
> > > > Senior Oracle DBA-
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> > > FYI, keep and recycle pools work exactly the same way. keep and
> > > recycle are just the names given by Oracle. Vendor sells the
> > > application, I cannot do any tuning of application.
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> > The above comment is interesting. I recall reading in several places
> > that the keep pool tries to keep blocks in memory, much like the
> > default pool, while the recycle pool tries to quickly age blocks out
> > of the pool. After a bit of a search, I found a bit of disagreement.
> > The results of the search follow:
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> > "Expert Oracle Database 10g Administration" paraphrase:
> > The recycle buffer pool will cycle out the objects read out of the
> > cache as soon as the transaction ends.
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> > "Oracle Database Concepts 10g Release 2 (10.2)":http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14220/memory...
> > The KEEP buffer pool retains the schema object's data blocks in
> > memory.
> > The RECYCLE buffer pool eliminates data blocks from memory as soon as
> > they are no longer needed.
> > The DEFAULT buffer pool contains data blocks from schema objects that
> > are not assigned to any buffer pool, as well as schema objects that
> > are explicitly assigned to the DEFAULT pool.
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> > "Oracle8 Concepts Release 8.0":http://download-east.oracle.com/docs/cd/A58617_01/server.804/a58227/c...
> > The KEEP buffer pool retains the schema object's data blocks in
> > memory.
> > The RECYCLE buffer pool eliminates data blocks from memory as soon as
> > they are no longer needed.
> > The DEFAULT buffer pool contains data blocks from schema objects that
> > are not assigned to any buffer pool, as well as schema objects that
> > are explicitly assigned to the DEFAULT pool.
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> > "Expert Oracle One on One" Page 80:
> > "We also have the ability to carve out a space for segments in the
> > buffer pool. This space is called the RECYCLE pool. Here, the aging
> > of the blocks is done differently to the KEEP pool. In the KEEP pool,
> > the goal is to keep 'warm' and 'hot' blocks cached for as long as
> > possible. In the recycle pool, the goal is to age out a block as soon
> > as it is no longer needed."
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> >http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/pin_table.html
> > "NOTE: there is no difference in the behavior of the three buffer
> > pools, the naming of the pools is merely for memo technically reasons
> > and intended use."
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> >http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=524119-look for
> > the posting by Jonathan Lewis for context:
> > "You will rarely be able to beat Oracle's caching algorithms by
> > playing with KEEP and RECYCLE pools - but there are a few special
> > cases..."
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> > Charles Hooper
> > IT Manager/Oracle DBA
> > K&M Machine-Fabricating, Inc.
> >> "NOTE: there is no difference in the behavior of the three buffer
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> pools, the naming of the pools is merely for memo technically reasons
> and intended use."
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> This is exactly what I meant in my first post.- Hide quoted text -
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http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/pin_table.html "NOTE: there is no difference in the behavior of the three buffer pools, the naming of the pools is merely for memo technically reasons and intended use."

This is exactly what I meant in my first post.- Just because you put a table in recycle pool instead of keep. Oracle is not going to treat it any differently. Received on Mon Jul 02 2007 - 04:33:58 CDT

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