Re: Outrageously low write cache %

Posted in 2001

Lyzander Marantal — Mon, 15 Jan 2001 21:42:32 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

The database is relatively small though, < 5 Gig. In article <wXG86.123$wL5.3972@NewsReader>, "Earle A Long" <earle@btclick.com> wrote: > BUFFERS 40000 ----- Informix Recommend using 20 to 25 percent of the > physical memory of the machine. > -- > Earle A Long (Senior Informix DBA) > SINGLEPOINT UK LTD Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/

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Obnoxio The Clown — Tue, 16 Jan 2001 10:15:15 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In the year of Our Lord Mon, 15 Jan 2001 21:42:32 GMT, Lyzander Marantal <zandy@my-deja.com> broke a vow of silence to utter: >The database is relatively small though, < 5 Gig. Sounds like a fairly compelling argument to get in 5GB of extra RAM. :-) >In article <wXG86.123$wL5.3972@NewsReader>, > "Earle A Long" <earle@btclick.com> wrote: >> BUFFERS 40000 ----- Informix Recommend using 20 to 25 percent of the >> physical memory of the machine. >> -- >> Earle A Long (Senior Informix DBA) >> SINGLEPOINT UK LTD > > >Sent via Deja.com >http://www.deja.com/

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Earle A Long — Tue, 16 Jan 2001 12:43:47 -0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Load the whole Database into Memory and you should get superb performance. Yours -- Earle A Long (Senior Informix DBA) SINGLEPOINT UK LTD "Lyzander Marantal" <zandy@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:93vqs6$5n0$1@nnrp1.deja.com... > The database is relatively small though, < 5 Gig. > > In article <wXG86.123$wL5.3972@NewsReader>, > "Earle A Long" <earle@btclick.com> wrote: > > BUFFERS 40000 ----- Informix Recommend using 20 to 25 percent of the > > physical memory of the machine. > > -- > > Earle A Long (Senior Informix DBA) > > SINGLEPOINT UK LTD > > > Sent via Deja.com > http://www.deja.com/ >