PROCESSES

Property	Description
Parameter type	Integer
Default value	Derived from `PARALLEL_MAX_SERVERS`
Modifiable	No
Range of values	6 to operating system-dependent
Basic	Yes
Real Application Clusters	Multiple instances can have different values.

PROCESSES specifies the maximum number of operating system user processes that can simultaneously connect to Oracle. Its value should allow for all background processes such as locks, job queue processes, and parallel execution processes.

The default values of the SESSIONS and TRANSACTIONS parameters are derived from this parameter. Therefore, if you change the value of PROCESSES, you should evaluate whether to adjust the values of those derived parameters.

See Also:

Oracle Database Administrator's Guide for information on setting this parameter in exclusive mode
Oracle Real Application Clusters Administrator's Guide for information on setting this parameter in a Real Application Clusters environment
Your operating system-specific Oracle documentation for the range of values