Taylor, ASM uses memory anyway so why not give hugepages to it ? I see at least one benefit - if there will be paging on the system your ASM's SGA will not be paged out. Oleksandr Denysenko 17.05.2013 21:56 ÐÏÌØÚÏ×ÁÔÅÌØ <Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌ: > The reason for this question was nitpicky - ASM is using about 14 > hugepages when it starts up which isn't much. Just kind of annoyed me - > probably due to lack of sleep lol > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Christopher.Taylor2@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 11:29 AM > To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Prevent ASM from using any hugepages > > 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? > > Regards! > > Chris Taylor > Oracle DBA > Parallon IT&S > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l