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High Waits for "SGA: allocation forcing component growth" and Slow Database Performance in 10g (Doc ID 1170814.1)

Last updated on MARCH 18, 2022

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.2.0.1 to 10.2.0.5 [Release 10.2]
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.1.0.4 to 10.1.0.4 [Release 10.1]
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Symptoms

Slow database performance in peak hours.

The AWR shows the following in Top 5 waits table.

The top waits sections show "SGA: allocation forcing component growth" during peak time which is not there in normal load.

Cause

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