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by the Oracle Corporation, the Syst em Global Area (SGA) forms the part of the RAM shared by all the processes belon ging to a single Oracle database instance. The SGA contains all information nece ssary for the instance operation. In general, the SGA consists of the following: dictionary cache: information about data dictionary tables, such as information about account, datafile, segment, extent, table and privileges redo log buffer: containing information about committed transactions that the da tabase has not yet written to online redo log files the buffer_cache or "database buffer cache": holds copies of data blocks read fr om datafiles[1] shared pool, the cache of parsed commonly-used SQL statements, and also the data -dictionary cache containing tables, views and triggers Java pool, for parsing Java statements. large pool (including the User Global Area (UGA)) [edit] See alsoProgram Global Area (PGA) User Global Area (UGA) [edit] Further reading(PDF) Oracle Architectural Components [edit] References1.^ "Memory Architecture" in Oracle Database Concepts 11g Relea se 1 (11.1) This database software-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by exp anding it.v d e Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Global_Area" View page ratingsRate this page Rate this page Page ratings What's this?Current average ratings. Trustworthy Objective Complete Well-written I am highly knowledgeable about this topic (optional) I have a relevant college/university degreeIt is part of my professionIt is a de ep personal passionThe source of my knowledge is not listed here I would like to help improve Wikipedia, send me an e-mail (optional) We will send you a confirm ation e-mail. We will not share your address with anyone. (Privacy policy)Submit ratings Saved successfullyYour ratings have not been submitted yetYour ratings have expi redPlease reevaluate this page and submit new ratings. An error has occured. Please try again later. Thanks! Your ratings have been saved.Please take a moment to complete a short su rvey.Start surveyMaybe later Thanks! Your ratings have been saved.Do you want to create an account?An account will help you track your edits, get involved in discussions, and be a part of t he community.Create an accountorLog inMaybe later Thanks! Your ratings have been saved.Did you know that you can edit this page?Ed it this pageMaybe later Categories: Oracle software | Database software stubsPer sonal tools Log in / create accountNamespaces ArticleDiscussionVariantsViews ReadEditView historyActions

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