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Relationship Between SGA_TARGET and SHMMAX (Doc ID 1527109.1)

Last updated on APRIL 14, 2023

Applies to:

Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 10.1.0.2 and later
Oracle Database Cloud Schema Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Cloud Machine - Version N/A and later
Oracle Database Exadata Express Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Database Service - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Purpose

To answer some common questions about the relationship between SGA_TARGET init.ora parameter and the SHMMAX OS Kernel parameter.

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