VM memory planning

As a best practice, allocate 65% of total VM memory to SGA and PGA. Make sure the memory of SGA is triple the memory of PGA. This best practice uses VMs with 128 GB of memory.

If data disks with cache disks are used, allocate memory according to Table-1.

Table-1 SGA and PGA memory planning

Item

Memory

SGA

62 GB (128 GB × 65% × 75%)

PGA

20 GB (128 GB × 65% × 25%)