No, this parameter controls the size of a circular buffer in the PGA of the LCKn
processes in Oracle parallel server. This buffer is used to buffer row cache
instance locking messages between instances.


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Sent: Thursday, 31 August 2000 5:28


I came across with hidden parameter "_row_cache_buffer_size", I am wondering
can I just by increasing this value to combat low dictionary hit ratio (the
one calculated by using v$rowcache) problem?