Re: Informix and NOAGE

Posted in 1997

David Williams — Wed, 16 Jul 1997 22:11:34 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <33CC2D68.307@bellsouth.net>, MIS Dept <whsmis1@bellsouth.net> writes >Saeed Talebbeik wrote: >> >> 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. >> >> >> >>NOAGE is officially supported, but we've been bitten by that nasty bug. >Informix literally took over the system; the oninit processes were >running with a priority of -16. Make sure you have enough semaphores, I've seen this happen when Informix has trouble getting another semaphore or semaphore set... -- David Williams