"... what is the best place to use the additional memory" Dear Pradeep, Please send any extra memory that you're not sure what to do with to me, here in the lovely state of Colorado. My 4-10TB data marts on two servers will make very good use of it! :) Kellyn Pedersen Multi-Platform DBA I-Behavior Inc. http://www.linkedin.com/in/kellynpedersen "Go away before I replace you with a very small and efficient shell script..." --- On Tue, 11/10/09, Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: From: Allen, Brandon <Brandon.Allen@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: RE: Setting oracle SGA and other params for large memory boxes To: "Pradeep.Chetal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <Pradeep.Chetal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "ORACLE-L" <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 1:41 PM I’d say just give Oracle as much as it needs for good performance but avoid giving it excessive amounts because that will make it more difficult to free up that memory in the future if another instance or application comes along that needs it, plus larger SGAs have higher overhead for latches, searching all the buffers, etc. Your SGA and PGA advice views can usually give you a good idea of how big they should be. Regards, Brandon From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pradeep Chetal We have some new DB systems with larger memory - around 64 GB.. Since these are dedicated DB Servers, what is the best place to use the additional memory Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message or attachments hereto. Please advise immediately if you or your employer do not consent to Internet email for messages of this kind. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of this company shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by it.