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Shared or Dedicated mode [message #59423] Tue, 18 November 2003 14:37 Go to next message
sheela
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Hi,
How do I find out if a database is running in 'shared' or 'dedicated' mode? I'm running oracle 9i databases.

Thanks
more info [message #59424 is a reply to message #59423] Tue, 18 November 2003 14:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
sheela
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by the way, i'm running oracle 9i 64-bit on solaris 8 (64-bit).
Re: Shared or Dedicated mode [message #59425 is a reply to message #59423] Tue, 18 November 2003 17:09 Go to previous message
Thiru
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A Database server can support both dedicated and Shared servers and its upto the client to request Shared connection(via SERVER=SHARED in its tns connect string).
By default the listener spawns a dedicated Server process. If your database is not configured for shared servers and if you request a shared connection,the listener gives you a dedicated connection.

You can query v$mts , V$shared_server, v$dispatcher ,v$parameter ( for mts_servers, mts_max_servers ,mts_dispatchers etc) to find out if your database is configured for shared servers.

-Thiru
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