RE: SHMVIRTSIZE --- How much bang for the buck?

> > > The main segment is 400 meg and the other 7 are 200 meg each. > > (1.8 Gig > > total) > > > > The /etc/system (solaris) allows 2 Gig shared memory segments. > > > > I'm thinking that since we use the memory ANYWAY we should > > consolidate, > > and the Informix manuals agree. > > > > QUESTION: > > > > Will I see any performance increase by doing this? > > While I'm not sure how Solaris handles shared memory > segments, Solaris is in theory has no practical limit but it is optimised for a maximum of 4 segments, no more than four is good, 1 is better. Paul Watson # WF Software Ltd # All answers are Tel: +44 1436 674729 # pure fantasy Fax: +44 1436 678693 # www.wfsoftware.com # ********************************************************************** The contents of this e-mail are confidential to the ordinary user(S) of the mail address(es) to which it was sent and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of it, or any part of it, in any form whatsoever, and any actions taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. **********************************************************************