On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 8:56 AM, Crisler, Jon <Jon.Crisler@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Which is better for performance on large Red Hat 5 systems (64gb+ memory, > 8+ cpu’s) - using 10g style shm settings and hugepages, OR the newer 11g > Automatic Memory Manager (which does not support hugepages). > > > Jon, You may find the following useful: Kevin Closson http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2007/08/23/oracle11g-automatic-memory-management-and-linux-hugepages-support http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/oracle11g-automatic-memory-management-part-ii-automatically-stupid http://kevinclosson.wordpress.com/2007/08/24/oracle11g-automatic-memory-management-part-iii-a-numa-issue Tanel Poder http://blog.tanelpoder.com/2007/08/21/oracle-11g-internals-part-1-automatic-memory-management Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com