DB_nK_CACHE

1.66 DB_nK_CACHE_SIZE

DB_nK_CACHE_SIZE (where n = 2, 4, 8, 16, 32) specifies the size of the cache for the nK buffers.

Property	Description
Parameter type	Big integer
Syntax	`DB_[2 \| 4 \| 8 \| 16 \| 32]K_CACHE_SIZE =` `integer` `[K \| M \| G]`
Default value	`0` (additional block size caches are not configured by default)
Modifiable	`ALTER SYSTEM`
Modifiable in a PDB	No
Range of values	Minimum: `0` (values greater than zero are automatically modified to be either the granule size * number of processor groups, or 4 MB * number of CPUs, whichever is greater) Maximum: operating system-dependent
Basic	No

You can set this parameter only when DB_BLOCK_SIZE has a value other than nK. For example, if DB_BLOCK_SIZE=4096, then it is illegal to specify the parameter DB_4K_CACHE_SIZE (because the size for the 4 KB block cache is already specified by DB_CACHE_SIZE).

Do not set this parameter to zero if there are any online tablespaces with an nK block size.

Operating system-specific block size restrictions apply. For example, you cannot set DB_32K_CACHE_SIZE if the operating system's maximum block size is less than 32 KB. Also, you cannot set DB_2K_CACHE_SIZE if the minimum block size is greater than 2 KB.