Question

SGA.. fixed size and variable size

Asked by: mohammadzahid

Hello,

I am trying to understand how Oracle uses memory structure for tuning purpose.  For that I ran a simple select against V$sga and like to know:

- What is the fixed size?
- What is the variable size?  

 area in the SGA.

How are these two areas in the SGA calculated? And, what is there use?

Thanks.

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2006-10-24 at 14:03:42ID22036308
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Answers

 

by: mohammadzahidPosted on 2006-10-24 at 14:05:21ID: 17799407

Sorry, here is the output of the V$SGA from my local XP system. Values represented are default values of Oracle when created/installed.



SQL> select * from V$sga;

NAME                     VALUE
-------------------- ---------
Fixed Size              454644
Variable Size        109051904
Database Buffers      25165824
Redo Buffers            667648

total SGA size  SQL> select sum(bytes) from V$sgastat;

SUM(BYTES)
----------
 135328756

 

by: ploubierPosted on 2006-10-24 at 15:56:11ID: 17800024

Have a look at this excellent article written by guru Tom Kyte : http://asktom.oracle.com/pls/ask/f?p=4950:8:::::F4950_P8_DISPLAYID:365088445659

 

by: mohammadzahidPosted on 2006-10-24 at 16:11:41ID: 17800085

Thanks for forwarding a great link. This link answered all my questions. There is a reason Tom Kyte is an Oracle guru. :-)

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