Re: maxssiz kernel parameter

From: Mladen Gogala <gogala_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 05:44:26 GMT
Message-Id: <pan.2005.12.15.05.44.25.731087@sbcglobal.net>

On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 16:13:14 -0800, kwr2k wrote:

> Thanks Joel. Just one more clarification: What is the impact on this
> parameter if there are more than one instances running on the same box?

Well, that will make your page tables smaller and save some memory but will also impose a boundary on the size of SGA. If you attempt to exceed the limit, the process will receive SIGSEGV (signal 11) and move to another plane of existence.

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