Keyboard shortcuts

Press or to navigate between chapters

Press S or / to search in the book

Press ? to show this help

Press Esc to hide this help

Performance -> Memory

Memory PGA

Memory Summary displays how much memory is dedicated to PGA and SGA (in megabytes):

  • Inst - instance id for which data is displayed
  • SGA BC - amount of memory dedicated to Buffer Cache
  • SGA Other - amount of memory dedicated to all other parts of SGA
  • PGA Used - amount of PGA memory used
  • PGA Free - amount of PGA memory free

Table bellow displays amount of PGA memory occupied by session

  • Session - session id for which the data is displayed. It contains a link to session details.
  • Username - database username for this session
  • Program - program name for session
  • PGA Used MB - amount of PGA currently used
  • PGA Alloc MB - amount of PGA memory currently allocated
  • PGA Max MB - amount of PGA memory allocated at the peak point of the session.

Buffer Cache Contents

Buffer Cache

This view displays contents of Buffer Cache. It is based on gv$bh view.

  • Inst ID - instance ID for which data is displayed
  • Class Name - Name of class (type/what is cached)
  • Object Owner - Owner of the table/object which is cached
  • Object Name - Name of the table/object which is cached
  • Block Size - Block size of the tablespace for the segment of this table/object
  • Block Count - Amount of blocks cached
  • Usage MB - amount of MB cached for this object