Re: Informix crashing UNIX on HP

Dave Kosenko wrote: > > Jeff Kalchik wrote: > > On Thu, 02 Oct 1997 16:19:24 +0200, "Mark D. Stock" > > <mdstock@informix.com> wrote: > > >Make sure you don't allocate more than ONE VIRT segment on an HP > box. > > > > Wait a minute..... Why should I force Informix to use only 1 VIRT > > segment? I assume you are referring to shared memory. > > What I assume Mark is referring to is the unfortunate behavior of > HP/UX > (at least up to v 10.10 or so - could be fixed in 10.20, but I don't > know > for sure) to not handle more than 3 shared memory segments per process > with any grace. <ETC.> Yes, that's exactly what I was referring to. Thanks Dave. > As to the original point, I have to concur with Mark that I have never > seen this cause a crash in HP/UX, only performance problems. Thanks. Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com FAQ http://www.iiug.org |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 11 807 2594 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+