# Flushing the shared pool
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To flush the shared pool, use the Amazon RDS procedure `rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.flush_shared_pool`. The `flush_shared_pool` procedure has no parameters. 

The following example flushes the shared pool.

```
EXEC rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.flush_shared_pool;
```

## Flushing the buffer cache
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To flush the buffer cache, use the Amazon RDS procedure `rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.flush_buffer_cache`. The `flush_buffer_cache` procedure has no parameters. 

The following example flushes the buffer cache.

```
EXEC rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.flush_buffer_cache;
```

## Flushing the database smart flash cache
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To flush the database smart flash cache, use the Amazon RDS procedure `rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.flush_flash_cache`. The `flush_flash_cache` procedure has no parameters. The following example flushes the database smart flash cache.

```
EXEC rdsadmin.rdsadmin_util.flush_flash_cache;
```

For more information about using the database smart flash cache with RDS for Oracle, see [Storing temporary data in an RDS for Oracle instance store](CHAP_Oracle.advanced-features.instance-store.md).