Shared memory hogs
Posted in 1999
Topics: Server Administration
Hi. Ever since upgrading to 7.30.UC6 on my HP9000 (HPUX 10.20) I find that
on occasion one instance will, on occasion, begin allocating shared memory
segments until it runs out of all available memory. At that point I get
the expected "could not allocate" errors in the message log. Nothing,
including applications, general usage, onconfig, OS, or hardware
configuration, has changed except for the version of Informix. (And no,
going back is not an option at this point.)
After experiencing this on at least one occasion, onmode -F failed to free
them even when there were no users other than Informix on the system. Most
often the command works OK. Tech support tells me that there is nothing in
the problem tracking database, and certainly nothing in the bugs that would
account for this behaviour.
Has anybody else seen this, or (better still) seen this, found a
resolution, and been able to move forward? This is so intermittant that it
is hard to pin to a causal event, but it is a production database that I
can ill afford to be taking from the users on a regular basis. Also, this
is but one instance (of this version of Informix) of three on the same
computer, and the other two do NOT experience this type of problem.
Thanks,
David