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Question:  
What constitute an ORACLE Instance ?

Answer:
SGA  and  ORACLE  background  processes constitute an ORACLE instance. (or) Combination of memory structure and background process.


March 03, 2007 18:33:56 #3
 Chiranjeevi Manne   Member Since: Visitor    Total Comments: N/A 

RE: What constitute an ORACLE Instance ?
 
An oracle instance is a combination of Memory structures along with a set of Background processes.
The typical background processes are

DBWR, LGWR, CKPT, ARCH, PMON, SMON, MMON etc ..
     

 

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