Best Practices for Database Memory (SGA) Settings
(Doc ID 3068352.1)
Last updated on MARCH 19, 2025
Applies to:
Oracle Database - Enterprise Edition - Version 11.2.0.0 and laterGen 1 Exadata Cloud at Customer (Oracle Exadata Database Cloud Machine) - Version N/A and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Exadata Cloud Service - Version N/A and later
Gen 2 Exadata Cloud at Customer - Version N/A and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Purpose
This note provides you some guidance for database memory configuration is order to reduce (memory) related errors and improve database performance.
The suggestions made here are based on the Development team's recommendations, on the ORA-4031 causes and solutions and the Oracle documentation. It may not solve all the problems, as issues might occur from various other causes that we cannot predict, in which case you will need to open a service request with Oracle Support.
Here is a list of errors that might be avoided after using these recommendations:
Scope
This article applies to all Oracle databases.
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