Charles Did you review this metalink note, it talks about a memory leak. It is possible that you are hitting the same issue. *Bug 5058318 - Memory leak (in "koh-kghu" heap of type "kolccst obj")* Doc ID <https://metalink.oracle.com/help/usaeng/Search/search.html#file>: *Note: 5058318.8* Type: *PATCH* Last Revision Date: *07-SEP-2007* Status: * PUBLISHED* -Rajeev On 10/4/07, Charles Schultz <sacrophyte@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Anyone know where I can find more information about this KOLCCST object? > And other KO objects for that matter? > > SQL > select * from (select * from v$sgastat where pool = 'streams pool' > order by bytes desc) where rownum < 6; > > POOL NAME BYTES > ------------ ---------------------------------------- ---------- > streams pool kolccst obj 1987055480 > streams pool kol raw 465430552 > streams pool kolcalm coll 464969704 > streams pool koicnfadt adt attr 419245184 > streams pool kol vstring 259053352 > > Kinda curious why we are eating so much memory. This is a downstream > database, so I expect to be using the Streams Pool. Perhaps there is a > perfectly valid reason for this, and in that case I would like to learn > about it. > > -- > Charles Schultz