Re: memory and page faults (continued)



Title: Message
Minperm/Maxperm will have the largest effect.
Different systems will have different settings - it depends on the DB configuration, the amount of memory, the load on the system, the non-DB load etc.
 
Really, the only way to get it right is to try it and see, then change it a little bit if it's not right.  Values of 3-8 or 5-10 look about right to me; 15-40 is a bit conservative for a system with a decent amount of memory.  What it's controlling is how much memory to keep for normal filesystem access, and how much to just leave alone, which is what will be available to the DB to use - for SGA.  Obviously you need to have Oracle configured to use this memory, otherwise you'll stop the paging, (which will have a positive effect) but not get full use of the system's resources.
 

--

Simon Green                                                                          
Altria ITSC Europe s.a.r.l.


AIX-L Archive at https://new-lists.princeton.edu/listserv/aix-l.html

New to AIX? http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/portals/UNIX

 

N.B. Unsolicited email from vendors will not be appreciated.

Please post all follow-ups to the list.

-----Original Message-----
From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Schlechte
Sent: 27 January 2006 19:49
To: aix-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: memory and page faults (continued)

Since my last post I've been trying to do some research on vmtune etc.
So I'm looking at something like this on a 6way-6f1 with 8GB of RAM, Oracle, JFS filesystems.
"vmtune -p5 -P10 -f 720 -F 736 -r 2 -R 16"
 
I haven't implemented anything yet.  
Seen some different minperm/maxperm setting suggestions (3-8, 5-10, 15-40).
Am I better off just doing minperm/maxperm first or do I need the other minfree/maxfree etc.
settings also?
 
Just trying to be cautious and I still need to investigate sga_size settings as suggested.
Also, should I get nmon installed to help me diagnose?
fyi, I'm also looking at asynch aio settings and my disk layout.
 
>>>Simon.Green@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/23/06 7:25 am >>>
 
Just checking the paging in vmstat should pretty quickly tell you if the new VMM settings are helping.
If you want a more detailed look there are various tools that will give you more information, but I'm not sure how valuable any of them would be to you at the moment.

-- ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

Simon Green                                                                           
Altria ITSC Europe s.a.r.l.

AIX-L Archive at https://new-lists.princeton.edu/listserv/aix-l.html

New to AIX? http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/portals/UNIX

N.B. Unsolicited email from vendors will not be appreciated.

Please post all follow-ups to the list.

 
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mark Schlechte
Sent: 23 January 2006 14:13
To: aix-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: memory and page faults

Thanks Y'all.
I'll start with vmtune then.
To monitor my changes then is it a matter of trying to compare vmstat outputs during similar loads?
DISCLAIMER: The information transmitted is intended only
for the addressee and may contain confidential,
proprietary and/or privileged material. Any
unauthorized review, distribution or other use
of or the taking of any action in reliance upon
this information is prohibited. If you received
this in error, please contact the sender and
delete or destroy this message and any copies.

As of January 20, any e-mails addressed
to "cityregina.com" will not be delivered.


Relevant Pages

  • Re: major iis5 asp performance problems
    ... takes to load, ... memory and dip into virtual memory, at which point hard-drive thrashes and ... is why the app gets to 50-60MB. ... >>- IIS performace tab settings ...
    (microsoft.public.inetserver.iis)
  • Re: System freezes
    ... How much RAM memory? ... Start, Control Panel, System, Advanced, Performance Settings, Advanced ... It is likely that an allocation of 12% has been made to System Restore ... the System and Application logs in Event Viewer for the last boot. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Minimize. Wont Respond. Help?
    ... When you cannot switch your notepad to the background and reopen it well, I would recommend you to clean up your registry and scan for malware or spyware on your computer. ... If all those games were never responding after switching from background, then there might be a memory problem. ... Then, you can try to change shared graphic memory settings in BIOS, such as AGP Aperature Size. ... A larger paging file my allow more applications to be running at the same time but it may slow down your machine while reading content from there to resume your games. ...
    (microsoft.public.windows.vista.general)
  • Re: USB problem
    ... if I disable USB 2.0 then the problems appears to go away. ... Can bot with memory stick or insert memory stick while PC is running with no problems. ... Did a quick web search on 0x000000FC and found reference to SP3 & DEP settings. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware)
  • Re: Bios says PC6400 running at 5300 on a P5WD2 Premium
    ... the bios show it as PC5300. ... It says "Provided for Overclocking Purposes ... >settings other than 5-5-5 if your memory supports that. ... >how much of an impact optimizing these settings would have. ...
    (alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus)