Oracle on Linux
Jeffrey Strain
JStrain at ldsbc.edu
Wed Jan 5 17:48:42 UTC 2005
I am re-sending this as the first time it did not go thru. Hopefully it
does not get posted double.
Oracle on Linux
I am using Oracle 9i on Linux. I noticed that when I shut down all of
the Oracle instances that a large chunk of memory is still allocated to
it. When I restart Oracle it does reuse this memory, so not a big loss.
The only way I know to free up this memory again is via a restart.
I do not have a good reason for wanting this memory freed up, I just
hate programs that will not release the resources on exit. Oracle told
me that is just the way it is. I was wondering if any one had some
insights to this, or a way to force the memory to be freed.
Where this does become a big pain is if you are working on creating a
new database, and you keep deleting and recreating it. The memory is
not reused in this case, and if it is a big database you have to reboot
often. I am testing some scripts to auto create and remove a database,
and will do this nightly. If I do not find a way to release this memory
I will be forced to reboot my dev box nightly.
Jeff Strain
Database Administrator
LDS Business College
(801) 524-8189
jstrain at ldsbc.edu
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