Oracle memory allocation in Linux
I am installing Oracle applications on Linux and they are taking 6-7 hours. I am using vmware and my guest OS is oracle enterprise Linux version 5 update 2. I have 8 Gigs of ram allocated to the vmware image but I think it is not being utilized at all. I can see only 88kd of swap space being used. What changes do I need to make to linux and oracle database to make the installs run faster? What linux commands can I use to see what memory oracle is using. I used 'top' and it seemed like oracle user never used more then 1 gig. I could see this from the system monitor.
Thanks in advance..
Thanks in advance..
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Below is an example of top, I am currently installing an oracle application, in this insatnce I have only allocated 2 Gigs to this vmware image. 
$ free -t -m
Displays a line containing the totals memory in MB
$ vmstat
Displays a line containing the totals memory in MB
$ vmstat
Try
ps aux | awk ‘{sum +=$4}; END {print sum}’
ps aux | awk ‘{sum +=$4}; END {print sum}’
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I am no expert on this so I am not sure what I am looking for here.
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[root@asfrm ~]# ps aux | awk '{sum +=$4}; END {print sum}'
42.3
42.3
Total memory, used and its self explanatory
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Currently the information is for the compilation of oracle forms which is being carried out right now. It just seems very slow. Or is this typical?
This is installation right? If so its true.
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My question is what can I do to speed the process up, I know there are several commands to look at memory etc, that's not a problem.
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Yes I am installing an oracle retail application.
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