Your PGA directly Affects the Amt memory the OS has to shell out for Oracle Server Process so Increasing the Sort_Area_Size does not have immd effect but if your users are going to do a sort then your PGA can grow to a Maximum of Sort_Area_Size before being pulled down to the Temp Segments.
Just make sure u size it appropriatley. HTH Best Regards, Ganesh R DID : +65-6215-8413 HP : +65-9067-8474 -----Original Message----- Kumar Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 6:04 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L hello all, how does increasing the value of SORT_AREA_SIZE affect the unix system perfomance. Thanks Arvind -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Arvind Kumar INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Ganesh Raja INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).