PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS

Property	Description
Parameter type	Integer
Default value	`0`
Modifiable	`ALTER SYSTEM`
Range of values	0 to value of `PARALLEL_MAX_SERVERS`
Oracle RAC	Multiple instances can have different values.

Note:

This parameter applies to parallel execution in exclusive mode as well as in a Real Application Clusters environment.

PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS specifies the minimum number of parallel execution processes for the instance. This value is the number of parallel execution processes Oracle creates when the instance is started.

Note:

When the PROCESSES initialization parameter is set to a value that is lower than the documented default value for the PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS parameter in the table above, the database sets the default value of PARALLEL_MIN_SERVERS to a value that is lower than the documented default value. The lower default value enables the database to start service processes and allows user processes to connect to the database.