Hi I am getting "ORA-04031: unable to allocate 3896 bytes of shared" errors in the asm instance of a cluster node. Currently the SGA_MAX_SIZE is set to default value (400 MB) and there are about a dozen databases on the server. I am looking for some advice on the parameter. Support indicated 1GB is a good start. The grid/asm version is 11.2.0.3. Thanks & Regards Man mohan -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l