一个朋友问如何设置Oracle闪回区大小，有什么依据没有。

查证官方文档，有如下描述

For example, if you intend to setDB_FLASHBACK_RETENTION_TARGET to 24 hours, and if the database generates 20 GB of redo in a day, then a rule of thumb is to allow 20 GB to 30 GB disk space for the flashback logs.

主要还是根据归档量预估闪回区的大小。

如果闪回日志保留时间(DB_FLASHBACK_RETENTION_TARGET)设置的是24小时，而一天的归档产生量是20G，那么闪回区(DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE)应该设置为20G至30G。

以此类推，如果闪回日志保留7天，那么DB_RECOVERY_FILE_DEST_SIZE设置为20G*7至30G*7。

上面的情况闪回区只是存放闪回日志。如果有些DBA很懒，不单独设置归档日志路径，不修改rman备份目录，一大坨无关的文件都放在闪回区，那么闪回区大小遵循如下公式。当然，不建议这么做。

Disk Quota =

Size of a copy of database +

Size of an incremental backup +

Size of (n+1) days of archived redo logs +

Size of (y+1) days of foreign archived redo logs (for logical standby) +

Size of control file +

Size of an online redo log member * number of log groups +

Size of flashback logs (based on DB_FLASHBACK_RETENTION_TARGET value)

参考文档：

Configuring the Flash Recovery Area --> Considerations When Setting the Size of the Flash Recovery Area

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/backup.111/b28270/rcmconfb.htm#i1019160