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Michel Lee wrote:
> 
> I am using Dedicated Server process as oppose to MTS.
> so on in HPUX10.20 , ORACle 7.3.4
> each user connection creates a process like :
> oracleSIDNAME
> 
> using 'top' this process takes up 10M of memory!
> (maybe i am interpreting this number  wrongly)
> 
> We have many users, e.g. 100 so, they all take up
> 100*10M=1000M=1G memory.
> 
> This is creating 'out of mem' errors.
> 
> My qustion is:
> Is that normal?
> What do i do to reduce this 10M per process mem usage?
> 
> cheers
> Mike
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many process monitors include shared memory for processes as well...thus often if oracle processes are using 1m each and sharing a single 10m, then the process monitor reports that each is using 11m...
HTH
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"Some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue." Received on Wed Jul 21 1999 - 08:21:18 CDT
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