Re: How to use more than 2GB share memory in Informix?

From: hanna_shaw@my-deja.com > >Solaris 2.6. I heard that it's the limit of Informix, not OS. Even if >OS is 64bit, Informix still can't use more than 2GB share memory. I'm >not sure if it's true. But I once set "SHMTOTAL" to 3000000, when I >restarted Informix it even couldn't use more than 500MB. I think maybe >Informix can't recognize any number greater than 2GB. See if there's a 7.31.FC4 for Solaris. If not, you're Donald Ducked, and the limit is about 768000 BUFFERS. Well, that's the most I've ever got running, anyway. :) >In article <8vgu7o$67f$1@nonews.col.hp.com>, > "Bill Border" <bill_border@agilent.com> wrote: > > What OS are you running under? > > > > Bill > > > > hanna_shaw@my-deja.com wrote in message <8vgtbk$sq1 >$1@nnrp1.deja.com>... > > >Hi, > > > > > >I know that there is a limit for share memory in Informix. Our >project > > >just launched recently. We have 400 user sessions right now. They eat > > >up about 1GB virtual memory. Including 400,000 buffers, the total >used > > >share memory almost gets to the 2GB limit. We will have about 2000 >user > > >sessions at the beginning of next year. What should I do? Is there >any > > >method to use more than 2GB memory in Informix? Or we have to move to > > >other DBMS? Thanks for your attention. > > > > > >Btw, our Informix version is IDS7.31.uc4. > > > > > >Have a nice day. > > > > > >Hanna > > > > > > > > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > > >Before you buy. > > > > > > >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ >Before you buy. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com