Hemant, It depends on the size of the database and redundancy level, not based on the number of data files and concurrent sessions IIRC the conservative estimate is 3MB/100GB in external redundancy. Multiple the numbers by number of fail groups (in case of external or high). Also the ASM AU size plays a bigger role in shared pool usage. -Gopal . On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Hemant K Chitale <hemantkchitale@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Are there any guidelines for sizing memory (SHARED_POOL_SIZE) for an ASM > Instance ? > Say for an ASM Instance that has 1 DiskGroup supporting a Database instance > with 320 datafiles and 1600 concurrent sessions ? > -- > Hemant K Chitale > http://hemantoracledba.blogspot.com > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l