Re: Informix and NOAGE

Both NOAGE and processor affinity can boost the performance. However look into the machine notes of your platform to see if these two features are really supported. Apparently on HPUX NOAGE is supported. I suggest to experiment with NOAGE and see what happens. I have heard of lockup problems such as this but I have not seen it myself. In article <33CBE087.51B@bellsouth.net>, MIS Dept <whsmis1@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >This quote was a quote from a previous post: > >} > Check in $INFORMIXDIR/etc/$ONCONFIG that NOAGE is set to 1 >} > (disable priority aging). Check in the release notes (ONLINE_7.2 >} > somewhere under $INFORMIXDIR/release that disabling priority aging >} > is suppported.. >} >} But for God sake make sure it is set to 0 if you are on HP. There is a really >} nasty bug which brings your box to a standstill as Online gets hold on all CPU >} so no one can even log in. >} > >} >-- > >A few questions: > >1. What role does HPUX priority aging play in the 7.1x world? We reboot our >system once a week. Is priority aging an issue? > >2. Would any performance gains be worth finding a way to place the ONINIT >processes in real-time priority? Is this even possible? > >Just trying to squeeze all the performance I can out of the system. Here's the >config: >HP K200 class (4 processors) >HPUX 10.01 >Informix 7.13.UC1 > >Thanks in advance > > >John Carlson >Informix DBA / System Analyst >WH Smith Inc.