Re: Solaris memory management

Hi, in general this is configurable in the kernel. Maximum possible configuration may also depend on Solaris version, but I don't know. The kernel parameter may be something like shminfo_shmseg but I'm not 100% sure. Regards, Martin -- Martin Fuerderer IBM Informix Development Munich, Germany Information Management owner-informix-list@iiug.org wrote on 11.04.2005 13:35:51: > I am trying to find out what the limit is on contiguous memory in > Solaris. Can I grab one segment of 20G, or will Solaris break the > segment down into smaller pieces ? > > For example, if I run onstat -g seg, can I have one segment of 20G, or > is this not possible ? > > I am using Solaris 9 and IDS 7.31 FD3 ...... 64bit > > Dirk Moolman > Database and Unix Administrator > MXGROUP > > "People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of > thought which they seldom use." > > sending to informix-list sending to informix-list