Peter & List, This is probably one of the most misunderstood parts of ps... Take a look at MetaClunk note 174555.1.
John Kanagaraj Oracle Applications DBA DBSoft Inc (W): 408-970-7002 The manuals for Oracle are here: http://tahiti.oracle.com The manual for Life is here: http://www.gospelcom.net ** The opinions and statements above are entirely my own and not those of my employer or clients ** > -----Original Message----- > From: Schauss, Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 1:59 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: Memory usage by an Oracle instance > > > Looking at the output from the ps command on AIX I see > that each of the Oracle background processes, user processes > and the lgwr, dbw0, pmon, reco, ckpt ... is listed as using > about 30 mb of memory (based on the SZ column. > > 1. Does this value represent both data and code? > 2. Is there any way to determine how much (if any) of the > memory listed here is in the form of shared libraries or > shared memory segments? > > Peter Schauss > Northrop Grumman Corporation > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com > -- > Author: Schauss, Peter > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 > San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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.com -- Author: John Kanagaraj INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- 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).