Re: extra virtual mem segments

Posted in 2007

asipuleski@ssww.com — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:09:08 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Jun 14, 3:47 pm, "Neil Truby" <neil.tr...@ardenta.com> wrote: > Some operating systems, notably HP-UX, have performance issues when trying > to handle non-contiguous segments. > > -- > Neil Truby t:01932 724027 > Director m:07798 811708 > Ardenta Limited e:neil.tr...@ardenta.com > > <asipule...@ssww.com> wrote in message > > news:1181849638.271607.28760@e9g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > > > We are getting several extra virtual memory segments. Every source > > I read says to increase SHMVIRTSIZE so that you do not get extra > > segments. Can someone tell me why its bad to have the extra segments? We are on a compaq true64 machine. I will try increasing my intitial size and see if that helps. Thanks.