ALLOCFILES

Valid for

Extract, Replicat

Description

Use ALLOCFILES to control the incremental number of memory structures allocated once the initial memory allocation of 500 has been exhausted. This parameter controls how process memory is allocated for storing information about the source and target tables being processed.

The default value of 500 should be sufficient for ALLOCFILES, because memory is allocated by the process as needed, system resources permitting. Used memory is also made available when unused files are aged off over time, releasing memory no longer required (see FILEAGEDAYS).

ALLOCFILES must occur before any TABLE or MAP entries to have any effect.

Default

500

Syntax

ALLOCFILES num_structures

num_structures

The additional number of memory structures to be allocated. Do not set ALLOCFILES to anarbitrarily high number, or memory will be consumed unnecessarily. The memory structures of Oracle GoldenGate can support a large number of tables and files, but this can vary significantly depending on the DDL layout of each

Example

ALLOCFILES 1000