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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> SHMMAX setting with multiple instances? Solaris 2.8, Oracle 8.1.7.4
Oracle install guide recommends the minimum value
set shmsys:shminfo_shmmax=4294967295
How does this number depend on the the available physical RAM on the box?
Does this number depend on the number of instances on the box ?
Did you experiment with this setting? Horror stories?
Thanks,
Carmen Rusu
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