PROCESSES parameter

From: Djordje Jankovic <djankovic_at_corp.attcanada.ca>
Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 10:16:27 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.002A93E9.20010202100525@fatcity.com>

Friends,

Anybody knows for sure what the relation between PROCESSES and SESSIONS parameters (I am not talking of the SESSIONS=1.1*PROCESSES+5), and the counts from v$process and v$session views are ?

I guess that once the number of processes in v$processes reaches PROCESSES parameter value, new sessions are not allowed any more, but I am not sure.

Docs says that PROCESSES is the "maximum number of operating system user processes that can simultaneously connect to an oracle server". Neither v$session nor v$process count only the "user processes": v$session has background atop, and v$process have the parallel processes as well. On the other hand "operating system processes" more relate to v$process, as this is where you have OS process ID.

Any thoughts ?

Djordje

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