User Process

Operating System
SMON
Snn*/Dnn
Used in Shared Server Environment Dynamically ajusts the size of SGA components Captures statistics for SQL objects which have been recently modified CPUs

Oracle Net, tnsnames.ora

CPUs

PMON MMAN * MMON *

The Distributed Transaction Recovery Process finds pending distributed transactions and resolves them Job Queue Processes. Selects jobs that need to be run, . Replication and Queuing NOT PERSISTENT

RECO

CJQn *
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- Cleans User & Server Processes - Registers service with listener

- Crash Recovery - Clean Temp Segments - Collates Free Space

Stack Space

System Global Area

Database Buffer Cache
aged blocks (non recurring access) hot area D C D C D D C Midpoint insertion cold area Checkpoint Queue Sort Extent Pool

ing Incom

t* ques ct Re onne C

DBSNMP *
Intelligent Agent

Shared Pool Shared SQL Area

- Hash Value - SQL Source - Execution plan C

Library Cache

Listener
MRU
read 8K * keep

Default Pool Large Pool UGA * LRU

I/O Buffer Area UGA Response Queue Request Queue

Redo Log Buffer

Users privileges

Pnnn *
Parallel Query

Fixed Area (Static Overhea d)

Data Dictionary Cache f (also known as Row Cache)

(A ge d) Blo cks

blocks with recurring access Individual blocks read from disk go to the middle nK * recycle

o ng sca le nd b e l ta ful RU ith to L s w tely ck a Blo edi m im Dis c ard ed

Network Files - listener.ora - tnsnames.ora - sqlnet.ora

Latches System Parameters

Streams Pool *

SGA_MAX_SIZE (Fixed at start-up)

Java Pool

n io rs ve e de im coEnqueues nt

SGA_TARGET (Dynamic) *

MRPn *
Data Guard Managed Recovery

Fork

Server Process
Dirty Buffer threshold Scan 1/2 LRU list Full Checkpoints Timeout 3 seconds

DBWn

CKPT
- Regularly initiates a checkpoint. Uses DBWR to write all dirty blocks - Updates data file headers - Shutdown

LGWR

ARCn *
Archiver process copies an online redo log file to another location when the redo log file is filled up or there is a log switch

Program Global Area (PGA)

UGA

Stack Space

Oracle background processes are persistent processes that make up the instance and they will run until the instance is shutdown. They are processes, not programs. There is only one Oracle program on the host, i.e. there is only one binary, named oracle. It is just executed many times with different names

Flushes redo log buffer to online redo log file every 3 seconds, in commits, and checkpoints or when the redo log buffer is 1MB or more than 1/3 full.

User Session Data

Cursor State

Oracle supports Bigfile Tablespaces and nonstandard block sizes

Data Dictionary Data files - system01.dbf

Multiplexed Control Files Data Files

Data

Multiplexed Group 1 Data

Multiplexed Group 2 Data

Automatic Storage Management *

nk * block size

- sysaux01.dbf

Online Redo Logs

Recovery catalog *

Multiplexed Archived Redo Logs

- RBAL - ARBn - ASMB

Temporary Tablespace Group Data Files

RMAN
Others *
- RVWR, Flashback - CTWR, change tracking
process

MML
Oracle managed backups with RMAN
Password File orapwSID Server Parameter file spfileSID.ora Parameter file initSID.ora Misc file(s) alert_SID.ora trace Data Guard Broker Config Disk

Real Application Clusters *

Advanced Queuing *

- LMON - LCKn, - LMSn - LMDn

- ORACM - GSD - DIAG

Tape
Cross-platform transportable tablespaces To another Instance

- QMNC - Qnnn - EMNn

* indicates optional setup