Resolving Oracle ORA-12853 error in Windows Server Environment during startup
I was getting the following ORA- error:
SQL> startup
ORA-12853: insufficient memory for PX buffers: current 0K, max needed 144K
ORA-04031: unable to allocate 21616 bytes of shared memory ("large pool","unknown object","large pool","PX msg pool")Total server memory is 16GB

milly 6:55 pm on January 14, 2010
After some troubleshooting, I discovered that my SGA_TARGET parameter is causing the issue. Initially I set SGA as:
However, Oracle did not take the value and threw ORA-12853
After some troubleshooting, I changed the value to 12000M and Oracle starts up without issues.
Therefore, if you encounter ORA-12853 error, try to adjust your SGA_TARGET parameter.