Some of the memory minimums are based off other parameters like processes, sessions and cpu_count, so make sure those are as small as they need to be. On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Blanchard, William G < William.Blanchard@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am trying to squeeze a new database onto a server but it isn’t working > (which precipitated the email). My initial thought was 1GB but I seem to > remember 512M was sufficient for 10g (or was that 9i) but I couldn’t find > anything that specifically said “the absolute minimum to install an oracle > database is x”. > > > -- Regards, Greg Rahn http://structureddata.org