What is the oralce$SID process?

[Woody Ling]

I type "ps -ef | grep oracle" and find that there are many oracle$SID
processes. I search from the google that it says they are
"nonessential Oracle processes from the server side". Could anyone
please explain more?

Thanks.
Woody Ling
Hong Kong

[gazzag]

Server processes: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14220/process.htm#sthref1487

HTH

-g

[Mark D Powell]

> Server processes:http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14220/proces...
>
> HTH
>
> -g

Woody, The reference link to the Oracle Concepts manual that gazzag
porvided should have answered your question. I do not think the
article/post you found via google search was a very good find.

If you are or are going to be an Oracle DBA then the Concepts manual
is required reading followed by the DBA Administration manual.

If you are a developer then the Oracle Application Developers Guide -
Fundamentals is probably the manual to start with.

All the major manuals are available online. If you have any folloup
questions feel free to post back.

HTH -- Mark D Powell --