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Re: Out of Memory

From: ltiu <ltiu_at_alumni.sfu.ca>
Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2002 21:08:18 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004B84E0.20020817210818@fatcity.com>


Aha!!!

I actually copied the init.ora file over from a Oracle9i database and I had to rename db_cache_size to db_block_buffers. Guess, what, now I remember -> db_block_buffers are in blocks and db_cache_size are in bytes. So I simply renamed the parameter without changing the number : >

Thanks man!!!

ltiu

On Saturday 17 August 2002 21:08, Ji, Richard wrote:
> Your
>
> db_block_buffers=1048576 times your db_block_size.
>
> If your db_block_size is 8k, you need 8gb of RAM.
> If db_block_size is 4k, you need 4gb of RAM.
>
> Richard
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 11:13 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
> I am getting:
>
> SQL> startup nomount
> ORA-27102: out of memory
>
>
> Machine Specs:
>
> 0) Oracle 8i 8.1.7
> 1) Sun Solaris 8 fully patched
> 2) SparcStation5 70Mhz
> 3) 128MB Ram
> 4) 256B Swap
>
> 5) /etc/system
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmin=1
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmmni=100
> set shmsys:shminfo_shmseg=10
> set semsys:seminfo_semmni=100
> set semsys:seminfo_semmsl=100
> set semsys:seminfo_semmns=200
> set semsys:seminfo_semopm=100
> set semsys:seminfo_semvmx=32767
>
> 6) initSID.ora
> JAVA_POOL_SIZE=0
> LARGE_POOL_SIZE=0
> SHARED_POOL_SIZE=2097152
> SORT_AREA_SIZE=262144
> db_block_buffers=1048576
> log_buffer=1048576
>
>
> Can someone give me some tips as to where I need to look next.
>
> My system is not running DT/CDE/OW GUI so there is plenty of memory
> available
> for Oracle, about 81MB Ram and the whole Swap at system startup before I
> start Oracle. How come Oracle still insists I am out of memory?
>
> ltiu

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