Thanks. Checking v$pgastat, maximum pga allocated has been around 3.5G, still that doesn't add up to 29G. Any other ideas? On Fri, Aug 26, 2011 at 1:14 AM, D'Hooge Freek <Freek.DHooge@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hi, > > Yes, pga_aggregate_target is kind of a soft limit. > For certain memory requests it will have no other option to give memory to > the process requesting it. > > You can see the current allocation and how many times oracle had to exceed > the pga_aggregate_target limit in v$pgastat. > > > Regards, > > > Freek D'Hooge > Uptime > Oracle Database Administrator > email: freek.dhooge@xxxxxxxxx > tel +32(0)3 451 23 82 > http://www.uptime.be > disclaimer: www.uptime.be/disclaimer > --- >