RE: Top level heaps/subheaps

[Bobak, Mark]

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To quote Steve's book, aka "The Bible": freeabl: Freeable chunks contain objects that are normally needed for the duration of a session or call, and are freed thereafter.  However, they can sometimes be freed earlier, either in whole or in part.  Freeable chunks are not available for temporary removal from memory, because they are not recreatable.   If you don't have this book, go now, to the bookstore and buy it.  Then read it about 100 times, after which, if you're *really* bright, maybe 20% of it will have sunk in, at which point you'll know more than you'll ever need about Oracle internals.  ;-)  (Personally, I'm probably pushing 15% or so....;-))   -Mark   PS  If you're not familiar with the book I refer to, it's "Oracle Internal Services for waits, latches, locks, and memory" by Steve Adams, published by O'Reilly.  Seriously, if you really want to know this stuff, get that book.     Mark J. Bobak Oracle DBA ProQuest Company Ann Arbor, MI "Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not, and a sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is."  --Unknown -----Original Message----- From: Sultan Syed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 8:49 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject: Top level heaps/subheaps Hi, I am getting little confussion how the memory is allocated for top-level heaps and subheaps in shared pool.   How can we know what are all the top-level heaps and subheaps and their hierarchy. Is it possible to get it from any X$ tables.   Freeable chunks can be flushed out?If yes ,then why there should be another type as recreatable chunks? Please explain.   Thanks in advance Syed