Re: SGA QUESTION

On Saturday 23 June 2001 15:15, Greg Moore wrote:
> If he has 8GB of memory, why not allocate 4GB to the data buffer instead of
> 200MB? I realize simply adding memory is not the solution for fixing a
> poorly tuned database, but on the other hand, if you have a lot of memory
> why not use it?

Because it my just be a waste of memory.

Really, he hasn't given any information about his database, number of users, type of queries, etc.

So I am guessing at a size, and using up 4 gig for data base block buffers is a *LOT* of memory that would probably be more useful elsewhere.

Jared

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