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Solaris[TM] Operating System: The different types of Shared Memory available in Solaris (Doc ID 1010818.1)

Last updated on NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.2 to 11.2.0.2 [Release 11.2]
Solaris Operating System - Version 8 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 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
All Platforms

Goal

This document describes the different types of Shared Memory that Solaris[TM] offers and their characteristics - Shared Memory (SHM), Intimate Shared Memory (ISM),  Dynamic Intimate Shared Memory (DISM) and Optimized Shared Memory (OSM).

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