This looks to me like some kind of reserved memory, as I remember seeing a couple of these disappear in favor of other areas.
Jonathan what other articles would you recommend for shared pool insides ?
-- Christo Kutrovsky Senior Database/System Administrator The Pythian Group
On 2/11/06, Jonathan Lewis <jonathan@(protected)> wrote: > > Thanks for the reference - interesting paper. > > Regards > > Jonathan Lewis > http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/oracle_ace/ace1.html#lewis > > The Co-operative Oracle Users' FAQ > http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/faq/ind_faq.html > > Cost Based Oracle: Fundamentals > http://www.jlcomp.demon.co.uk/cbo_book/ind_book.html > > > -- -- Original Message -- -- > From: "Luca Canali" <Luca.Canali@(protected)> > To: <oracle-l@(protected)> > Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 8:15 AM > Subject: RE: SGA Free memory > > > Hi Jonathan, > > > loop > > detach some items from end of library cache LRU > > distribute items to shared pool free list - coalescing where > possible > > check for large enough chunk on free list > > return if allocation succeeds > > end loop > > > > There may be a limit on the number of times round the loop - > > Apparently the limit is 5 iterations (see Russell Green, OOW Sep. 2005) > > Regards, > Luca > > -- ---- --- > Luca Canali > Information Technology Department > European Organization for Nuclear Research > CERN > CH-1211 Geneva 23 > -- > http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > > > -- > http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > >
-- Christo Kutrovsky Senior Database/System Administrator The Pythian Group -- http://www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l