No,

the pga_aggreagte_target is *only* relevant if you have
workarea_size_policy=auto.

What you have done is used the defaults for *_area_size which are quite small.

On 7/18/07, genegurevich@(protected):
> Alex,
>
> Yes, I have set pga_aggregate_target to 1.5G and workarea_size_policy is
> manual. I thought that this will make
> the sort_area_size (and all other area_size parameters) unused. IS that not
> the case?
> I am also working with the UNIX team to address the I/O contention that I
> am seeing.
>
> thank you for your input
>
>
>
> Gene Gurevich


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