Hi, Diego is correct. Here is a little bit addition: pmap has some bugs. See http://www.solarisinternals.com/si/tools/pmap/index.php for the details. best regards... http://www.ubTools.com Web Based Oracle Products and Services ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diego Cutrone" <diegocutrone@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 7:40 PM Subject: Re: Does inactive sessions consume RAM > Hi Philippe, > > The answer to your question is "yes". Idle Oracle processes keep consuming > memory resources. > An accurate method, I know, to find out the current PGA for an Oracle > process is to take a heapdump level 1 for that process. Another possibility > is > to check at the OS level how much memory that process is holding, not by > checking the SZ field in the standard ps but using commands such as > svmon in aix or pmap in solaris. > > HTH > Regards, > Diego. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "NGUYEN Philippe (Cetelem)" <philippe.nguyen@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 12:33 AM > Subject: Does inactive sessions consume RAM > > > > Hi list, > > I have an instance with many inactive sessions because my users always > > forgot to disconnect from db. > > Does thoses sessions consume RAM or any resources ? > > How can I prove it ? (which v$?) > > Thank in advance ! > > Philippe > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > > -- > > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. > -- > Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ > FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------