In the end, my 10.2.0.4 SGA problem ended up being the _db_block_cache_protect parameter. Seems as though setting that parameter in 10.2.0.4 maps the SGA to /tmp/shm instead of real memory. The immediate cause of my:
ORA-27102: out of memory
Linux-x86_64 Error: 28: No space left on device
was that I didn’t have enough space mounted at /tmp/shm. When I did allocate enough space, I got an ORA-
Comments have been awfully quiet lately. I’m guilty of talking too much about work-related stuff and not enough about iPhones and Twitter.
My bad. Let’s remedy that.
Rich asked me recently how my move to Ubuntu was going. It’s been almost a month, and he says he has a vested interest in keeping me happy with it. [...]
There is a common thread in driving change. No matter what you are working towards, or where you are doing it - change is hard. You’ll run into challenges on time, budget, resources, personalities, vision, objectives, and more. Sometimes you’ll want to throw in the towel. We have all had those [...]
I feel a certain dread at posting this because I suspect I’m going to get numerous comments from haters, but I wasn’t all that impressed with The Dark Knight. It was overly long, a bit whiny and moralistic and definitely took itself too seriously. A movie should be more than the sum of it’s parts [...]
Vmware ESXi is now free:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/28/vmware_esxi_free/
Cheers
Tim…