Might be "Bug 14292825 - ORA-4031 in ASM as default memory parameters values for 11.2 ASM instances low" which basically states default allocation is incorrect, too low, and suggests 1024M. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andy Gmail Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 11:06 PM To: mjalsingh@xxxxxxxxx Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Advice on setting sga_max_size for ASM I would definitely go with what support says. But their official doc says the out of box parameters are fine.... Sent from my iPhone On Nov 14, 2012, at 6:09 PM, Manmohan Jalsingh <mjalsingh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l