官方对pre_page_sga参数的定义是”PRE_PAGE_SGA determines whether Oracle reads the entire SGA into memory at instance startup. Operating system page table entries are then prebuilt for each page of the SGA. This setting can increase the amount of time necessary for instance startup, but it is likely to decrease the amount of time necessary for Oracle to reach its full performance capacity after startup.” 它决定Oracle是否在启动阶段将整个SGA读入内存,实际上在启动阶段SGA的内容是十分稀疏的,当pre_page_sga为TRUE时Oracle所要做的是向OS所要SGA_MAX_SIZE大小的实际物理页。