RE: RE: what causes a memory dump?

what is warp 9? what is the point of dumping memory? I didnt set this up.
>
> From: "Mladen Gogala" <mladen_at_wangtrading.com>
> Date: 2003/09/26 Fri PM 03:29:43 EDT
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> Subject: RE: RE: what causes a memory dump?
>
> There is special mechanism that you've installed, called Oracle*Dumpster,
> which dumps core when you exceed warp 9. You can inspect
> /usr/include/signal.h
> to see what devious mechanisms does Oracle*Dumpster use to dump core when
> your process
> exceeds warp 9.
>
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> Mladen Gogala
> Oracle DBA
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> > Subject: RE: RE: what causes a memory dump?
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> >
> > ok so what causes the memory to dump? Im stumped?
> > >
> > > From: "Mladen Gogala" <mladen_at_wangtrading.com>
> > > Date: 2003/09/26 Fri PM 02:39:41 EDT
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > > Subject: RE: RE: what causes a memory dump?
> > >
> > > Depending on the type of process which is dumping. If it's a
> > > "background" process (LGWR,DBWR,SMON,PMON,CKPT,RECO,CJQ,P00,D00,
> > > shared servers, archiver) it goes to bdump.
> > > If it isn't, it goes to udump.
> > >
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> > > > From: ml-errors_at_fatcity.com [mailto:ml-errors_at_fatcity.com] On
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> > > > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 1:40 PM
> > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
> > > > Subject: Re: RE: what causes a memory dump?
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> > > >
> > > > memory only dumped to the udump. it didnt dump to the bdump.
> > > > how is it decided where it will be dumped?
> > > > >
> > > > > From: "Mladen Gogala" <mladen_at_wangtrading.com>
> > > > > Date: 2003/09/26 Fri PM 12:09:39 EDT
> > > > > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > > > > Subject: RE: what causes a memory dump?
> > > > >
> > > > > user_dump_dest, background_dump_dest, NJ.
> > > > >
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> > > > > > Subject: what causes a memory dump?
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> > > > > >
> > > > > > i had one yesterday when i killed a process. Also, what
> > > > > > parameter tells oracle where to dump?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > why does oracle dump memory? It sucked up 3.4 GB of
> > disk space
> > > > > > and we had to do a 'shutdown abort'
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