Re: Percentage of memory to leave for Solaris

From: Connor McDonald <connor_mcdonald_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 19:00:00 +0800
Message-ID: <37CBB5B0.4012@yahoo.com>

tao_foos_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> What percentage (or total amount) of memory should one leave available
> to the OS for Solaris SunOS v5.6 (after allocating the SGA for Oracle).
> For example on a Box w/ 3GB of RAM would the SGA get swapped or paged
> out if the SGA plus user memory took up about 2.5 GB if only Oracle is
> running on the Box. Just looking for a general Guidline.
>
> Thanks,
> Ted Andrews
>
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Depends on your user base...Each user connection will take up memory if you're using dedicated servers...

In the absence of any other info, I think leaving a gig of memory for the O.S would be more than adequate
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Connor McDonald
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"Some days you're the pigeon, and some days you're the statue." Received on Tue Aug 31 1999 - 06:00:00 CDT