Red Hat Enterprise Linux Oracle Tuning GuideRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 Oracle 9i and 10g Tuning GuideTuning and optimizing performance tips and guidelines forOracle® 9i and 10g databases on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 4, 3and 2.1Edition 1.4Editor Chris Curran ccurran@redhat.comCopyright © 2007 by Red Hat, Inc.Red Hat owns the copyright to this and all other subsequent derivative works. Werner Puschitz retainsthe copyright to the original at www.puschitz.com1801 Varsity DriveRaleigh, NC27606-2072USAPhone: +1 919 754 3700Phone: 888 733 4281Fax: +1 919 754 3701PO Box 13588Research Triangle Park, NC27709USACopyright © 2007 by Red Hat, Inc. This material may be distributed only subject to the terms andconditions set forth in the Open Publication License, V1.0 or later (the latest version is presentlyavailable at http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/).Distribution of substantively modified versions of this document is prohibited without the explicitpermission of the copyright holder.Distribution of the work or derivative of the work in any standard (paper) book form for commercialpurposes is prohibited unless prior permission is obtained from the copyright holder.Red Hat and the Red Hat "Shadow Man" logo are registered trademarks of Red Hat, Inc. in the UnitedStates and other countries. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.All other trademarks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.The GPG fingerprint of the security@redhat.com key is:CA 20 86 86 2B D6 9D FC 65 F6 EC C4 21 91 80 CD DB 42 A6 0EThis guide provides step by step instructions for tuning and optimizing Red Hat Enterprise Linuxon x86 and x86-64 platforms running Oracle®9i (32 bit or 64 bit) and Oracle®10g (32 bit or 64 bit)standalone and RAC databases. It covers Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced Server 3 and 4 and theolder version 2.1.