Db_keep_cache_size shows 0 when i keep object in KEEP buffer pool !

Question

Dear Frineds ,
I use Oracle 10g . Form the oracle 10g documentaiton, I get the following information regarding ASMM (Automatic Shared Memory Management) :
The following pools are manually sized components and are not affected by Automatic Shared Memory Management:
Log buffer
Other buffer caches (such as KEEP, RECYCLE, and other non-default block size)
Fixed SGA and other internal allocations
Now plz see the following examle :
1) SQL> select sum(bytes)/1024/1024 " SGA size used in MB" from v$sgastat where name!='free memory';
SGA size used in MB
247.09124
2) SQL> show parameter keep_
NAME TYPE VALUE
db_keep_cache_size big integer 0 (Here db_keep_cache_size is 0 )
3) Now I keep the scott's dept table to KEEP cache :
SQL> select owner,segment_type,segment_name,buffer_pool from dba_segments where buffer_pool != 'DEFAULT';
no rows selected
SQL> alter table scott.dept storage(BUFFER_POOL KEEP);
Table altered.
SQL> select owner,segment_type,segment_name,buffer_pool from dba_segments where buffer_pool != 'DEFAULT';
OWNER SEGMENT_TYPE SEGMENT_NAME
SCOTT TABLE DEPT
4)
After doing this , I have to see the following parameter :
SQL> show parameter keep
NAME TYPE VALUE
db_keep_cache_size big integer 0
SQL> select sum(bytes)/1024/1024 " SGA size used in MB" from v$sgastat where name!='free memory';
SGA size used in MB
246.76825
Here I see that my sga is used but "db_keep_cache_size" still shows the '0' .
Can u plz explain why this parameter value shows '0' now ?
Thx in advance ... ...

Answer 1

Hi,
I am not sure I have understood the question fully but if you are trying to monitor usage of the buffer pools you should use some of the dynamic views like in the example query below. If this is not what you are interested in let me know.
SELECT NAME, BLOCK_SIZE, SUM(BUFFERS)
FROM V$BUFFER_POOL
GROUP BY NAME, BLOCK_SIZE
HAVING SUM(BUFFERS) > 0;