Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++sgi.com)
Sat, 07 Aug 1999 02:54:53 -0700
Cheers,Angus.
Robert Wolfe wrote:
>
> Does it serve any purpose to use systune to adjust
> system resource sizes such as rlimit_rss_max or
> rlimit_rss_cur in order to be able to increase
> PFSHAREDSIZE ?
>
> Robert
>
> Angus Dorbie wrote:
> >
> > There is no easy answer, and a couple of issues you must consider.
> >
> > The arena must be contiguous in virtual address space and the loading of
> > various dso's can adversely affect the arena growth.
> >
> > Making the arena large to begin with is helpfull but remember it grows
> > by doubling so you may see counterintuitive results if you don't bear
> > this in mind.
> >
> > You should check the archives for detailed information on moving DSO's
> > to support large databases. It seems like those cases are a pretty good
> > match with yours.
> >
> > Cheers,Angus.
> >
> > Klaus Otto wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm trying to load a MultiGen database of about 500MB of flt-files
> > > into perfly on a 512 MB Memory Onyx2 IR, Irix 6.52.
> > >
> > > After a while, perfly terminates telling me:
> > > unable to allocate x bytes from arena ...
> > >
> > > I increased PFSHAREDSIZE and swap space on disk with some strange
> > > results given in the list below:
> > >
> > > HDisk swap PFSHAREDSIZE Terminated at
> > > 2.5 gb 1950000000 962000 kB
> > > 2.5 gb 1999999000 976000 kB
> > > 2.5 gb 2500000000 610351 kB
> > > 2.5 gb 1000000000 976000 kB
> > > 1.5 gb 1999999000 976000 kB
> > > 3.5 gb 2500000000 870993 kB
> > > 3.5 gb 2200000000 934246 kB
> > >
> > > It sometimes looks like decreasing the PFSHAREDSIZE gives more space.
> > >
> > > I know from the achives that this has been topic several times,
> > > but none of those cases seem to match this one.
> > >
> > > Thank you in advance,
> > >
> > > Klaus
> > > ------------------------------------------------------
> > > | Klaus Otto | |
> > > | CAE Elektronik GmbH | Email: kotto++at++cae-gmbh.de |
> > > | Abt. Systemtechnik | |
> > > | Steinfurt 11 | Tel. : +49-2402-106-456 |
> > > | D-52222 Stolberg | Fax : +49-2402-106-270 |
> > > | Germany | Web : http://www.cae.de |
> > > ------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > List Archives, FAQ, FTP: http://www.sgi.com/software/performer/
> > > Submissions: info-performer++at++sgi.com
> > > Admin. requests: info-performer-request++at++sgi.com
> >
> > --
> > Never express yourself more clearly than you think.
> > Neils Bohr
> > Read this:
> > http://www.vcnet.com/bms/features/3d.html
> >
> > For advanced 3D graphics Performer + OpenGL based examples and tutors:
> > http://www.dorbie.com/
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> > List Archives, FAQ, FTP: http://www.sgi.com/software/performer/
> > Submissions: info-performer++at++sgi.com
> > Admin. requests: info-performer-request++at++sgi.com
>
> --
> Robert Wolfe, consultant
> Simulation and Training
> Defence and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine
> 1133 Sheppard Ave., W.,
> Toronto, Ontario
> CANADA
> M3M 3B9
> (416) 635-2065
> robert.wolfe++at++dciem.dnd.ca
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
> List Archives, FAQ, FTP: http://www.sgi.com/software/performer/
> Submissions: info-performer++at++sgi.com
> Admin. requests: info-performer-request++at++sgi.com
--
Never express yourself more clearly than you think.
Neils Bohr
For advanced 3D graphics Performer + OpenGL based examples and tutors:
http://www.dorbie.com/
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b2 on Sat Aug 07 1999 - 02:55:03 PDT