Re: IBM AIX Kernel parameter limitations

Oh, I'm not so sure. For perfectly good reasons you may want multiple database instances on the same machine, or have an application (like SAP) that requires some shared segments as well. Each Informix instance requires at least 3. Not sure yet about SAP, but at least a few per system appear to be unavoidable. Machines with the aforementioned "screwy shared memory problems" are a major pain in the backside in our environment. I doubt we're the only ones who find this unacceptable, given that there are perfectly good alternatives. Greg Mark D. Stock wrote: > > Greg Moye wrote: > > > > Gee, you guys have a talent for picking machines with screwy shared > > memory problems. I've read (no direct experience) that AIX/RS6K > > machines have a hard limit of 10 shared memory segments. That's all. > > Want more? Buy another box. > > But let's face it. If you're allocating ten segments, you have a poorly > tuned system. :-) > > 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"!|/ ////////| > +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+