Hmmm, I don't use ASM. But isn't LOCK_SGA supposed to stop that in 10g? I know in Aix it does, but I suspect that, as usual, Linux will behave in a different way than standard Unix... -- Cheers Nuno Souto dbvision@xxxxxxxxxxxx On 18/05/2013 2:28 AM, Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Guys/Gals, > I'm in the process of configuring hugepages in 10.2.0.4 RAC. > > Since ASM starts up first, how I do prevent it from using any of the > hugepages? > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l