Maxproc parameter in AIX

From: Shekhar Dhotre (Shekhar.Dhotre@LENDLEASEREI.COM)
Date: Wed Oct 30 2002 - 13:53:42 EST


Hi All ,

One of the AIX system maxed out last night and crashed when users were
testing some oracle applications , the max proc parameter was set to 256
at that time .I changed it this morning to 1500. Our DBA`s are asking it
to set to 10K or 15K . what is the max limit for this parameter ?how it
would impact system ?

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                                                        [Entry Fields]
  Maximum number of PROCESSES allowed per user [1500]
  Maximum number of pages in block I/O BUFFER CACHE [20]
  Maximum Kbytes of real memory allowed for MBUFS [0]
  Automatically REBOOT system after a crash false
  Continuously maintain DISK I/O history false
  HIGH water mark for pending write I/Os per file [0]
  LOW water mark for pending write I/Os per file [0]
  Amount of usable physical memory in Kbytes 12582912
  State of system keylock at boot time normal
  Enable full CORE dump false
  Use pre-430 style CORE dump false
  CPU Guard disable



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