The ALTER IORMPLAN command has a new attribute called flashcachesize which enables you to allocate a fixed amount of space in the flash cache for a database. The value specified in flashcachesize is a hard limit, which means that the database cannot use more than the specified value. This is different from the flashcachelimit value, which is a "soft" maximum: databases can exceed this value if the flash cache is not full.

flashcachesize is ideal for situations such as Cloud and "pay for performance" deployments where you want to limit databases to their allocated space.

For details, see the following:

• Managing I/O Resources chapter in the Oracle Exadata System Software User's Guide

• ALTER IORMPLAN command in the Oracle Exadata System Software User's Guide