A DBA can monitor the cache usage and hit ratio at a database level. You can use the statistics to evaluate the current cache policies. If the hit ratio is not satisfactory, you can consult Oracle AWR reports and change the policies.
To list cache statistics for a database
$ sfcache app cachearea=cachearea_name oracle -S $ORACLE_SID \ -H $ORACLE_HOME -o stat
INFO: Oracle Instance tpcc is running INFO: Store DB details at /tpccdata/.CACHE_INFO VxFS SmartIO Statistics --------- ----------------------- Cache Size = 1.096 TB Cache Utilization = 64.3 GB ( 5.73 %) Mount Hit Ratio Cached Pinned Read Written Data Files Files Bytes Bytes Pinned ----- --------- ----- ------ -------- -------- ------ /tpccdata 67.80 % 445 10 134.4 GB 179.0 GB 160 KB /tpcclog 38.10 % 9 0 4 KB 8 KB 0 KB