Re: Number of BUFFERS

Run onstat -p to check buffer usage. Generally you'd like to see read buffer cache hits > 95% abd write buffer cache hits > 85% If you are well above these thresholds and do not have performance problems you can lower buffers. Sukumar Konduru wrote: > Hi > > We are using Informix Online 7.1 on IBM AIX. Whenever I run > "monitor" it says free memory is 2Meg. This machine has 128Meg > memory. When I looked into copy of "onconfig.std", > BUFFERS 12000> It seems page size is 4096. > > Is it reasonable to set BUFFERS to 12000. It means total buffer > space is 12000x 4096= 50Meg. > > Is there anything else to chceck to get more free memory. > > Could you please mail me > > Thank you > > Sukumar Konduru > sukumar@gte.net