Re: Informix and NOAGE

Disable the NOAGE parameter and use the "nice" command to get the priority up. That maybe the best solution. In article <aplj2AAGkTzzEwc1@smooth1.demon.co.uk>, David Williams <djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In article <33CC2D68.307@bellsouth.net>, MIS Dept ><whsmis1@bellsouth.net> writes >>Saeed Talebbeik wrote: >>> >>> Both NOAGE and processor affinity can boost the performance. >>> However look into the machine notes of your platform to see if these two >>> features are really supported. Apparently on HPUX NOAGE is supported. >>> >>> I suggest to experiment with NOAGE and see what happens. I have heard of >>> lockup problems such as this but I have not seen it myself. >>> >>> >>> >>>NOAGE is officially supported, but we've been bitten by that nasty bug. >>Informix literally took over the system; the oninit processes were >>running with a priority of -16. > > Make sure you have enough semaphores, I've seen this happen when > Informix has trouble getting another semaphore or semaphore set... > >-- >David Williams