Syntax option: NUMBER OF RECOVERY BUFFERS IS number-buffers Specifies the number of buffers allocated to the automatic recovery process that Oracle Rdb initiates after a system or process failure. This recovery process uses the recovery-unit journal file (.ruj file extension). You can specify any number greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 32,767. The default value for the NUMBER OF RECOVERY BUFFERS parameter is 20. If you have a large, multifile database and you work on a system with a large amount of memory, specify a large number of buffers. The result is faster recovery time. However, make sure your buffer pool does not exceed the amount of memory you can allocate for the pool. Use the NUMBER OF RECOVERY BUFFERS option to increase the number of buffers allocated to the recovery process. SQL> ALTER DATABASE FILENAME personnel cont> NUMBER OF RECOVERY BUFFERS IS 150; This option is used only if the NUMBER OF RECOVERY BUFFERS value is larger than the NUMBER OF BUFFERS value. For more information on allocating recovery buffers, see the Oracle Rdb Guide to Database Maintenance.