Automatic Memory Management (AMM) on 11g & Above
(Doc ID 443746.1)
Last updated on JANUARY 09, 2024
Applies to:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.1.0.6 and laterGen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Backup Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Purpose
The main goal of this document is to discuss Automatic Memory Management (AMM) features introduced with Oracle11g and how to enable it.
Note:
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Scope
All the DBAs and users concerned with Database Administration activities.
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In this Document
| Purpose |
| Scope |
| Details |
| Introduction to Database Memory Components |
| Evolution of Memory Management Features |
| 1. Automatic Memory Management – For Both the SGA and Instance PGA |
| Switching to Automatic Memory Management |
| Monitoring and Tuning Automatic Memory Management |
| 11g MEMORY_TARGET Parameter Dependency |
| 2. Automatic Shared Memory Management – For the SGA |
| 3. Manual Shared Memory Management – For the SGA |
| 4. Automatic PGA Memory Management – For the Instance PGA |
| 5. Manual PGA Memory Management – For the Instance PGA |
| 6. AMM impact on Solaris OS |
| 7. Automatic PGA memory management limitations on Linux |
| Community discussion |
| References |