Exactly. I've checked it on Solaris and NT/W2K/XP, so it would be nice to
know if HP was also affected. But like you, I think I can live with a few
idle processes!
Regards
HJR
"Sean M" <smckeownNO_at_BACKSIESearthlink.net> wrote in message
news:3D1CD49F.9FB74C78_at_BACKSIESearthlink.net...
> "Howard J. Rogers" wrote:
> >
> > Oracle is then supposed to kill off the additional archiver process, and
> > re-spawn them if needed. But I've rarely seen it do it. The additional
> > processes seem to hang around for ever, idle. Not sure if that's a
(minor)
> > bug, or a feature, or operating system dependent.
>
> I've seen this before too, but for the life of me I can't remember what
> version of Oracle or whether it was Sun or HP/UX. I haven't checked
> recently, but I was never really worried much about it to begin with...
> no real harm done except maybe a small waste of resources.
>
> Regards,
> Sean M
Received on Fri Jun 28 2002 - 17:08:11 CDT
