RE: Allocating shared memory IBM S80 / AIX 4.3.3 / IDS 7.3

Under AIX you can only have 10 segments. Under Solaris you can have as many as you like but the kernel and SHM sub-system is optimised to deliver max performance at 4 segments. There are constraints under HP but I can't remember what they are > -----Original Message----- > From: doberls@my-deja.com [mailto:doberls@my-deja.com] > Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 10:35 AM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: Allocating shared memory IBM S80 / AIX 4.3.3 / IDS 7.3 > > > Does anyone know how to allocate more than 2Gb for an Informix server > on an IBM S80 / AIX 4.3 with IDS 7.3 ? > > I obtain the following messages ... > > shmat: [EMFILE][24]: out of shared memory segments, check > system SHMSEG > shmdt: errno = 22 > (5) shm creation of shmem segment failed > > I cannot increase the number of BUFFERS nor than the SHMVIRSIZE. > > Does a limit exist ? > > /etc/security/limits has been modified to -1 for all parameters. > > Does anyone know a platform with huge database server. > > Configuration of S80 is 16 Gbytes and 18 processors. > > Thanks > > Lo > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ > Before you buy. > ********************************************************************** 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. **********************************************************************