Automatic Memory Management(AMM)

In Oracle10g we need to set TWO parameter for automatic memory management.

1. SGA_TARGET = xxx G

2. PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET = xxx G

then oracle will automatically allocated size for Buffer cache, Shared pool, large pool etc.

             Now In Oracle 11g will reduce two parameter (SGA_TARGET, PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET) and introduce one new parameter called "MEMORY_TARGET". Which use for SGA or PGA size configuration.

When we specify MEMORY_TARGET parameter for instance then we no need to specify SGA_TARGET or PGA_AGGREGATE_TARGET parameter for memory configuration. Oracle will automatically allocate memory for memory parameter.

How to enable automatic memory management?

As previous parameter SGA_MAX_SIZE in 11g also one new parameter MEMORY_MAX_TARGET which is maximum limit for instance memory for oracle database.

SQL> alter system set memory_max_target=200M scope=SPFILE;
System altered.

 

 

 AMM Configuration

The Database Configuration Assistant (DBCA) allows you to configure automatic memory management during database creation

AMM Tuning

In addition to the existing memory management V$ views, Oracle 11g includes four new V$ views to support automatic memory management:

• V$MEMORY_CURRENT_RESIZE_OPS
• V$MEMORY_DYNAMIC_COMPONENTS
• V$MEMORY_RESIZE_OPS
• V$MEMORY_TARGET_ADVICE

The amount of memory allocated to each dynamic component is displayed using the V$MEMORY_DYNAMIC_COMPONENTS view.

The V$MEMORY_CURRENT_RESIZE_OPS and V$MEMORY_RESIZE_OPS views provide information on current and previous component resize operations.
The V$MEMORY_TARGET_ADVICE view provides information to help tune the MEMORY_TARGET parameter. It displays a range of possible MEMORY_TARGET settings, as factors of the current setting, and estimates the potential DB Time to complete the current workload based on these memory sizes.