KNL means Kernel replicatioN Logbased. "knlu_mt_insert_btree" is something Message Tracking btree insert function. -ML -- Maclean Liu Senior Director Product Management ParnassusData Software ,Inc. http://www.parnassusdata.com/ Phone : (+86) 400-690-3643 ; Mobile : (+86) 13764045638 My Blog: http://askmaclean.com/ 4/F, No.733 Gaoping Road Shanghai , China zip code: 200436 On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 2:57 AM, Biju Thomas <biju.thomas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > One of the production databases show steady growth of "knlu_mt_insert_btree > - 10" area in the shared pool. I could not find much information on how > this area is used or what makes it grow. > > Incidentally, this growth was noticed after fixing a CDC (Streams / Change > Data Capture) issue with the following setting: > > exec dbms_capture_adm.set_parameter('<Change_set>', > 'message_tracking_frequency', '1') > > Are these related? > > Database version: 11.2.0.3 > OS Version: Solaris SPARC 64-bit > Automatic Shared Memory Management used. > > SQL> show parameter target > > NAME TYPE VALUE > ------------------------------------ ----------- > ------------------------------ > memory_target big integer 0 > pga_aggregate_target big integer 4G > sga_target big integer 64G > > SQL> show parameter pool > > NAME TYPE VALUE > ------------------------------------ ----------- > ------------------------------ > java_pool_size big integer 128M > large_pool_size big integer 0 > olap_page_pool_size big integer 4M > shared_pool_reserved_size big integer 248302796 > shared_pool_size big integer 20G > streams_pool_size big integer 2G > > SQL> select * from v$sga > SQL> / > > NAME VALUE > -------------------- ---------------------- > Fixed Size 2176432 > Variable Size 26306677328 > Database Buffers 42010148864 > Redo Buffers 114130944 > > SQL> select * from v$sgastat > 2 where bytes > 104857600 > 3* order by pool, bytes desc > SQL> / > > POOL NAME BYTES > ------------ -------------------------- ---------------------- > java pool free memory 888579776 > large pool free memory 121167840 > shared pool free memory 11206749712 > shared pool SQLA 4894263664 > shared pool KGLH0 2048385472 > shared pool knlu_mt_insert_btree - 10 1959893368 > shared pool KQR M PO 381901568 > shared pool db_block_hash_buckets 373297152 > shared pool KGLHD 348209208 > shared pool KKSSP 150372568 > shared pool KGLS 127196296 > shared pool flashback generation buff 117440512 > shared pool SQLP 107502792 > streams pool free memory 1225127360 > streams pool apply shared t 788198040 > buffer_cache 42010148864 > log_buffer 114130944 > > Database was restarted only couple of days ago. Before the database cycle, > the knlu_mt_insert_btree pool was over 7GB. > > Thanks in advance... > > Biju > > > >