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Which Is Correct? Sorting Will Take Place in PGA or Temp Tablespace?

This document discusses various Oracle database concepts including: - Sorting can use either the PGA or temp tablespace depending on the size of data to be sorted. - An instance is a combination of memory structures and processes that help read/write data, while a database stores user data using physical and logical structures. - SGA is a combination of memory structures that help with various database actions. - SMON performs instance recovery, coalesces tablespaces, and releases temp segments after transactions. - Oracle maintains two redo log files to avoid space constraints during logging.

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Which Is Correct? Sorting Will Take Place in PGA or Temp Tablespace?

This document discusses various Oracle database concepts including: - Sorting can use either the PGA or temp tablespace depending on the size of data to be sorted. - An instance is a combination of memory structures and processes that help read/write data, while a database stores user data using physical and logical structures. - SGA is a combination of memory structures that help with various database actions. - SMON performs instance recovery, coalesces tablespaces, and releases temp segments after transactions. - Oracle maintains two redo log files to avoid space constraints during logging.

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25. Which is correct? Sorting will take place in PGA or temp tablespace?

a. Both. If the data which to be sorted is more than sort area size of PGA, then temp tablespace will be used.
26. How you will define INSTANCE and DATABASE?
a. INSTANCE is a combination of memory structures and background processes which helps in
reading/writing the data. DATABASE is mix of physical and logical structures which helps in
storing user data.
27. What is SGA?
a. SGA is a combination of different memory structures which helps in several actions in the database.
28. What are the responsibilities of SMON?
a. It will do instance recovery, coalesces the tablespace and will release the temp segments
occupied by a transaction when it is completed.
29. How SMON will perform instance recovery?
a. Answer is available in the class notes.
30. Why oracle maintains 2 redolog files?
a. To avoid any space constraints.
31. What is a logswitch? What happens when it occurs?
a.Answer is available in the class notes.
32. What are the activities of PMON?
a. Answer is available in the class notes.
33. What are the situations when DBWR and LGWR will write?
a. Answer is available in the class notes.
34. What is SCN and which process writes that?
a. SCN is a unique number assigned to a transaction which modifies data in the database. CKPT process will
always update this SCN to both datafiles header and control file.
35.What are the other new background processes in 10g that you know?
a. MMAN – memory manager which helps in maintaining ASMM
b. RVWR – helps in generating flashback logs incase flashback is turned on
c. CTWR – hepls incremental backup in RMAN
d. MMNL – memory monitor light, which helps in AWR statistics collection
e. MMON – managebility monitor, which helps in automatic problem detection and self-tuning.

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