I was actually reviewing those docs already- I am on the 2nd one now. From: Jared Still [mailto:jkstill@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 12:18 PM To: Crisler, Jon Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: 11g AMM tmpfs vs hugepages for best overall performance 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-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-automa tic-memory-management <http://blog.tanelpoder.com/2007/08/21/oracle-11g-internals-part-1-autom atic-memory-management/> Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist Oracle Blog: http://jkstill.blogspot.com Home Page: http://jaredstill.com