Re: Loads of Paging Happening

Fernando writes: }We have a Delphi application that runs for more than an hour, the paging on }the }system is incredible!! After less than an hour the system "sits down"...... }I'm not able to use the system anymore. Not even thake the engine off-line. }The system is HP 9000 E35 with HP-UX 9.04 and Informix OnLine 7.12 UC3. } }This is an extrac of the onconfig file. Do I need to change something }in order to avoid paging on the system? Or could it be the Delphi }application? } }LOCKS 2000 # Maximum number of locks }BUFFERS 200 # Maximum number of shared buffers }PHYSBUFF 32 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes) }LOGBUFF 32 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes) }LOGSMAX 6 # Maximum number of logical log files }CLEANERS 16 # Number of buffer cleaner processes }SHMBASE 0x0 # Shared memory base address }SHMVIRTSIZE 8000 # initial virtual shared memory segment size }SHMADD 8192 # Size of new shared memory segments }(Kbytes) }SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes). 0=>unlimited }CKPTINTVL 300 # Check point interval (in sec) }LRUS 24 # Number of LRU queues }LRU_MAX_DIRTY 70 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit }LRU_MIN_DIRTY 60 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit }LTXHWM 50 # Long transaction high water mark }percentage }LTXEHWM 60 # Long transaction high water mark }(exclusive) }TXTIMEOUT 0x12c # Transaction timeout (in sec) }STACKSIZE 32 # Stack size (Kbytes) As somebody has already mentioned, your buffers should be increased - I would suggest around 3000 to 5000 to start with. Also, 16 page cleaners seems a bit excessive - I would reduce this to 2 or 3, unless you're using loads of disks. Cheers, Richard }Thanks in advance. } }Fernando } }fernando.collalti@orbit.net }