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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Oracle Tuning Guide
13.3. Using Raw Devices for Oracle Databases .......................................................... 39
13.4. Using Block Devices for Oracle 10g Release 2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
and 5 ....................................................................................................................... 40
14. Large Memory Optimization, Big Pages, and Huge Pages
14.1. Big Pages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and Huge Pages in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 3 ..................................................................................................... 41
14.2. Usage of Big Pages and Huge Pages in Oracle 9i and 10g ................................. 42
14.3. Sizing Big Pages and Huge Pages .................................................................... 42
14.4. Checking Shared Memory Before Starting Oracle Databases ............................... 42
14.5. Configuring Big Pages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ....................................... 42
14.6. Configuring Huge Pages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ....................................... 43
14.7. Configuring Huge Pages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 or 5 ................................ 45
14.8. Huge Pages and Shared Memory File System in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 ........ 46
15. Growing the Oracle SGA to 2.7 GB in x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 Without
VLM
15.1. General ............................................................................................................ 49
15.2. Linux Memory Layout ....................................................................................... 49
15.3. Increasing Space for the SGA in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 ............................ 50
15.4. Lowering the Mapped Base Address for Shared Libraries in Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 2.1 .................................................................................................................. 51
15.5. Lowering the SGA Attach Address for Shared Memory Segments in Oracle 9i ....... 51
15.6. Allowing the Oracle User to Change the Mapped Base Address for Shared
Libraries .................................................................................................................... 52
16. Growing the Oracle SGA to 2.7/3.42 GB in x86 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and
5 Without VLM
16.1. General ............................................................................................................ 55
16.2. Mapped Base Address for Shared Libraries in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 and
5 .............................................................................................................................. 55
16.3. Oracle 10g SGA Sizes in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4 or 5 ............................... 56
16.4. Lowering the SGA Attach Address in Oracle 10g ................................................ 57
17. Using Very Large Memory (VLM)
17.1. General ............................................................................................................ 59
17.2. Configuring Very Large Memory (VLM) .............................................................. 60
II. Installing the Oracle Database 10g on Red Hat Enterprise Linux
18. Downloading and Unpacking Oracle 10g Installation Files
19. Pre-Installation Preparation and Verification
19.1. Verifying Memory and Swap Space ................................................................... 67
19.2. Verifying Temporary(/tmp) Space ...................................................................... 67
19.3. Verifying Software Packages (RPMs) ................................................................. 67
19.4. Verifying Kernel Parameters .............................................................................. 71
20. Installing Required Software Packages
20.1. 10g R2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 x86-64 version ............................... 75
20.2. 10g R2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 (x86) ............................................. 77
20.3. 10g R1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 (x86-64) ........................................ 78
20.4. 10g R1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 (x86) ............................................. 78
20.5. Oracle 10g R1 and R2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86) ................................ 79
20.6. Oracle 10g R1 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (x86_64) ...................................... 79
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