Re: Sun Solaris 2.6/5.6, Oracle 8.0.6 and SHMMAX

• Original Message ----- From: "Lord David" <DLord_at_axis-resources.co.uk> To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: 05 July 2000 10:25 Subject: RE: Sun Solaris 2.6/5.6, Oracle 8.0.6 and SHMMAX

> Where are you getting your 'value recommended by Oracle' from?
According to
> the installation guide (for 8.1.5, but I'm sure that it is similar on
8.0),
> SHMMAX should be set to 0.5 * (physical memory present in machine) -
in your
> case, 512Mb. I suspect that if you try to run an SGA bigger than
physical
> memory, you are in for a whole world of pain with paging and swapping.
>
> Regards
> David Lord
> Senior DBA, Axis Resources, Cardiff.

    From the Oracle8 Release 8.0.6 Installation Guide for Sun SPARC Solaris 2.x, Part #: A70109-1

    Pp: 2-5 - 2-6

    Regards.

Tony

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