| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Parameter type | Integer |
| Default value | System-determined parallel recovery |
| Modifiable | No |
| Range of values | System-determined, but cannot exceed PARALLEL_MAX_SERVERS initialization parameter setting |
RECOVERY_PARALLELISM specifies the number of processes to participate in instance or crash recovery. To force serial crash and instance recovery, set the RECOVERY_PARALLELISM parameter to 0 or 1. 0 or 1 disable parallel instance and crash recovery on a system that has multiple CPUs. An alert log displays the degree of parallelism that was chosen when the database instance/recovery starts.
See Also:
Oracle Database Performance Tuning Guide for information on setting this parameter in exclusive mode
Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide for information on setting this parameter in an Oracle RAC environment