> man pages states(-y converts it to Kb instead of pages):
>       SZ   (l)
>             The total size  of  the  process  in  virtual  memory,
>             including  all mapped files and devices, in pages. See
>             pagesize(1).
>
> What does this mean? Does this mean that peocess 27845 is using 617600Kb
of
> RAM?

The process has mapped this amount of RAM. Oracle is using shared memory, so
several processes may map and use the same virtual memory segment.

Tanel.



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