Re: sort latch usage in MTS mode

  • From: "Rajeev Prabhakar" <rprabha01@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: zhuchao@xxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:00:51 -0400

Hi Zhu Chao

Have you already looked at the article# 223730.1 ?

Rajeev


On 8/8/07, Zhu,Chao <zhuchao@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> we did test in test environment too, with smaller
> sort_area_retaineed_size later .
> Looks like it does not help much, unfortunately.
>
> Anyone know how the  detail about PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET works with MTS?
> and any experience with upgrade to 10g, session heap ini large pool
> nearly doubled? What the hell is in the session heap? Can we dump the
> large pool with detail, and does not hang/crash the production
> instance?
>
> On 8/9/07, Alberto Dell'Era <alberto.dellera@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > In fact note 30815.1"Init.ora Parameter SORT_AREA_RETAINED_SIZE
> Reference Note"
> > says: "If the shared server is used, allocation is to the SGA until
> > the value in SORT_AREA_RETAINED_SIZE is reached. The difference
> > between SORT_AREA_RETAINED_SIZE and SORT_AREA_SIZE is allocated to the
> > PGA."
> >
> > It's also true that the same note says "The default value as reflected
> > in the V$PARAMETER dynamic performance view is 0.
> > However, if you do not explicitly set this parameter,
> > Oracle actually uses the value of the SORT_AREA_SIZE parameter."
> >
> > So by default the whole sort area is in the Large Pool; one could change
> this
> > by explicitly setting SORT_AREA_RETAINED_SIZE.
> >
> > It seems that 223153.1only considers the default case.
> >
> > HTH
> > Alberto
> >
> > On 8/8/07, Alexander Fatkulin <afatkulin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > That's interesting since I always thought that it's
> sort_area_retained_size what is allocated from large pool and the rest
> (sort_area_size - sort_area_retained_size) is allocated out of the PGA
> still.
> > >
> > > Time for some checks indeed.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > To Alex:
> > > > sort will use large pool in MTS mode. Please check out metalink
> note  223153.1. It is very easy to reproduce/prove.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Alberto Dell'Era
> > "the more you know, the faster you go"
> >
>
>
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> Regards
> Zhu Chao
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