Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!sequent!kellyh
From: kellyh@sequent.UUCP (Kelly Hogan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sequent
Subject: Re: Oracle memory requirements
Message-ID: <36113@sequent.UUCP>
Date: 2 Jun 90 06:29:37 GMT
References: <9799@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Organization: Sequent Computer Systems, Beaverton, OR
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In article <9799@hydra.gatech.EDU>, scott@prism.gatech.EDU (Scott Holt) writes:
> Despite this configuration we are a little worried about the load
> that our planned Oracle use is going to put on the machine. It
> appears that each of the four Oracle "kernel" processes allocates
> about 17 meg (no, I did not forget a decimal point) of virtual memory.
> Thats 68 meg for a single database instance, though I'm sure a few
> meg is actually shared.

Give your local Sequent SA a call and ask for the tech tip regarding
the optimizing of the resident set size.  This helps substantially.
-- 
Kelly S. Hogan 					  ..!uunet!sequent!kellyh
Sequent Computer Systems, Inc.          "Once is Never Enough, Recycle It"
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