Re: Oracle running in a Windows 2000 Adv server more than 4G RAM

drak0nian_at_yahoo.com (Paul Drake) wrote in message news:<1ac7c7b3.0403051625.58459060_at_posting.google.com>...
> leo_at_tech-trans.com (Ah Ming) wrote in message news:<1e03ea2e.0403050509.58c41763_at_posting.google.com>...
> > Hi!
> >
> > I am a newbie to install the Oracle 8.1.7.3.3 server on Windows 2000
> > Advanced server with 8GB RAM. According to newsgroup information, I
> > found that some procedures need to be done for enabling VLM. The
> > procedures include
> > 1. add /PAE in boot.ini
> > 2. add use_indirect_data_buffers=true in initSID.ora
> > 3. add awe_window_memory in registry
> > Am I right?
> > However, I can't find how to add awe_window_memory in registry. It
> > means that what is the type of awe_window_memory? double word? What
> > value is required to fill in for my case?
> > I tried once. awe_window_memory is set to double word and fill
> > 2,684,354,560(Decimal). After reboot, the SGA size is less than 2GB
> > and the available memory in OS is around 2GB. The db_block_buffers is
> > 655,360 and db_block_size is 8192. I expect Oracle will occupy 5G
> > memory at all. Anyone can help me?
>
> Hi.
>
> I was not able to get large memory support to work for 8.1.7 for
> patchsets 8.1.7.3.x nor 8.1.7.4.x. The /3GB boot option did work for
> me with 8.1.7.2.6.
>
> Why don't you give this a try with 9.2.0.4 (possibly 9.2.0.4 patchset
> 3)?
> That way, if you have an issue, you've already applied the latest
> patchset on the latest version.
>
> /3GB works fine with 9.2.0.4 with w2k adv server.
>
> hth.
>
> Pd

Hey - I know that guy. Sometimes, he actually knows what he is talking about.
I'd seriously consider trying 9.2 on the latest patchset prior to doing battle on 8.1.7.3.x.
Then again, if you _know_ that you must use 5 GB of memory under the oracle.exe process, but cannot get it to work on w2k advanced server, maybe - just maybe, you might want to consider a different operating system.

just a thought.

Pd Received on Sun Mar 14 2004 - 02:19:04 CST