Re: Informix 9.4 expanded chunk size is disabled?

"Gary Quiring" <gquiring@msn.com> wrote in message news:kb4pp0db7froeunlu0mrs6o3hcin8i86jj@4ax.com... > On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 02:41:55 GMT, "Madison Pruet" <mpruet@comcast.net> > wrote: > > >>> >>Larger than 2G on what platform? >> > Sun Solaris 9 on a 880 using Veritas Volume Manager. The confusion is I > loaded > the server with 9.4UC2. I setup large chunks (50gig each) and never used > onmode> -BC. I knew that onstat -d showed that large chunks were disabled in UC2 > and I > never understood why since I was able to setup large chunks. > > When I upgraded to UC5 last week it changed onmonitor. Now I could not > add a > chunk over 2gig. I got a nice email from IBM explaining what they did and > why. > So I am not confused anymore, just pointing out that they changed the > default > from UC2 to UC5. I'm glad you're not cnfused anymore - you can explain it to me now! How can IBM have "changed the default" between releases? This is a feature that you either implement to level 2 - in which case it's irreversible - or you don't. I can't understand the resolution ... thanks Neil

Neil, If the initial chunk is > 2GB, then the server is started in BC2 mode. "Neil Truby" <neil.truby@ardenta.com> wrote in message news:303r79F2rm9jkU1@uni-berlin.de... > "Gary Quiring" <gquiring@msn.com> wrote in message > news:kb4pp0db7froeunlu0mrs6o3hcin8i86jj@4ax.com... > > On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 02:41:55 GMT, "Madison Pruet" <mpruet@comcast.net> > > wrote: > > > > > >>> > >>Larger than 2G on what platform? > >> > > Sun Solaris 9 on a 880 using Veritas Volume Manager. The confusion is I > > loaded > > the server with 9.4UC2. I setup large chunks (50gig each) and never used > > onmode> > -BC. I knew that onstat -d showed that large chunks were disabled in UC2 > > and I > > never understood why since I was able to setup large chunks. > > > > When I upgraded to UC5 last week it changed onmonitor. Now I could not > > add a > > chunk over 2gig. I got a nice email from IBM explaining what they did and > > why. > > So I am not confused anymore, just pointing out that they changed the > > default > > from UC2 to UC5. > > I'm glad you're not cnfused anymore - you can explain it to me now! How can > IBM have "changed the default" between releases? This is a feature that you > either implement to level 2 - in which case it's irreversible - or you > don't. I can't understand the resolution ... > > thanks > Neil > >