Issue: Error while staring DB SQL> startup ORA-27102: out of memory Linux-x86_64 Error: 22: Invalid argument Additional information: 46137344 Solution:F ound that the value of kernel.shmall and kernel.shmmax is very small. Increase those values 1)Edit those values in /etc/sysctl.conf 2)Apply the changes (as root) sysctl -p 3)To view the value set (as root) /sbin/sysctl -a | grep shm vm.hugetlb_shm_group = 0 kernel.shmmni = 4096 kernel.shmall = 9253345 kernel.shmmax = 37901699072