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Re: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE

Posted By: ART KAGEL, BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN
Date: Monday, 14 May 2007, at 12:29 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE (Keith Simmons)

Your metrics indicate that you MAY need more BUFFERS:

BR = (34018215 / (243924199 + 1308089992)) * 100.00 = 2.1900
BTR = (((243924199 + 1308089992) / 155000) / 110.5) = 90.6153
RAU = (253872383/(137210564+13433495+105455888)) * 100.00 = 99.1300

The BTR of 90.6 is VERY high. You are turning over your entire buffer pool
every 39.7 seconds (or at least thrashing some subset many times a minute)! I
would take that 128MB you want to add to the virtual memory pool and use it and
more to add another 150000 buffers. You can fine tune that by monitoring onstat
-P over time to determine the actual number of buffers being thrashed (probably
it's a small number of tables that are highly active and are perpetually
forcing each other's pages out of the cache).

Art S. Kagel

----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Simmons <ids@iiug.org>
At: 5/09 5:14:22

On 08/05/07, Mary Gregory <mary.gregory@rheem.com> wrote:
> I still haven't found a good way to determine whether or not adding more
> virtual memory to the instance would speed up queries or not. I think I
> might try to add another 128 MB just to see what happens. Also, I am
> thinking about adding some more BUFFERS but I am trying to be very
> cautious about not increasing my checkpoint times. From what I see
> right now, everything is performing really well and I don't really need
> to make any changes but you all might see something I don't. (I removed
> some of the onconfig file parameters to save a little space.)
>
> ONCONFIG PARAMETERS
>
> ROOTNAME a_rootdbs # Root dbspace name
> ROOTPATH /dev/inf/chunk001 # Path for device containing root
> dbspace
> ROOTOFFSET 0 # Offset of root dbspace into device
> (Kbytes)
> ROOTSIZE 500000 # Size of root dbspace (Kbytes)
> PHYSDBS a_plogdbs # Location (dbspace) of physical log
> PHYSFILE 100000 # Physical log file size (Kbytes)
> LOGFILES 41 # Number of logical log files
> LOGSIZE 50000 # Logical log size (Kbytes)
> SERVERNUM 1 # Unique id corresponding to a OnLine
> instance
> DBSERVERNAME online_shm # Name of default database server
> DBSERVERALIASES online_tcp # List of alternate dbservernames
> NETTYPE ipcshm,3,75,CPU # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype
> NETTYPE soctcp,6,200,NET # Configure poll thread(s) for nettype
> DEADLOCK_TIMEOUT 240 # Max time to wait of lock in
> distributed env.
> RESIDENT 1 # Forced residency flag (Yes = 1, No =
> 0)
> MULTIPROCESSOR 1 # 0 for single-processor, 1 for
> multi-processor
> NUMCPUVPS 5 # Number of user (cpu) vps
> SINGLE_CPU_VP 0 # If non-zero, limit number of cpu vps
> to one
> NOAGE 1 # Process aging
> AFF_SPROC 0 # Affinity start processor
> AFF_NPROCS 0 # Affinity number of processors
> LOCKS 500000 # Maximum number of locks
> BUFFERS 155000 # Maximum number of shared buffers
> NUMAIOVPS 2 # Number of IO vps
> PHYSBUFF 64 # Physical log buffer size (Kbytes)
> LOGBUFF 64 # Logical log buffer size (Kbytes)
> CLEANERS 64 # Number of buffer cleaner processes
> SHMBASE 0x0 # Shared memory base address
> SHMVIRTSIZE 1792000 # initial virtual shared memory segment
> size
> SHMADD 256000 # Size of new shared memory segments
> (Kbytes)
> SHMTOTAL 0 # Total shared memory (Kbytes).
> 0=>unlimited
> CKPTINTVL 600 # Check point interval (in sec)
> LRUS 64 # Number of LRU queues
> LRU_MAX_DIRTY 4.000 # LRU percent dirty begin cleaning limit
> LRU_MIN_DIRTY 2.000 # LRU percent dirty end cleaning limit
> TXTIMEOUT 0x12c # Transaction timeout (in sec)
> STACKSIZE 64 # Stack size (Kbytes)
>
> DYNAMIC_LOGS 2
> LTXHWM 40
> LTXEHWM 55
>
> # Read Ahead Variables
> RA_PAGES 20 # Number of pages to attempt to read
> ahead
> RA_THRESHOLD 8 # Number of pages left before next group
>
> DBSPACETEMP
> tempdbs1,tempdbs2,tempdbs3,tempdbs4,tempdbs5,tempdbs6,tempdbs7
>
> FILLFACTOR 90 # Fill factor for building indexes
>
> # Parallel Database Queries (pdq)
> MAX_PDQPRIORITY 0 # Maximum allowed pdqpriority
> #DS_MAX_QUERIES # Maximum number of decision support
> queries
> #DS_TOTAL_MEMORY # Decision support memory (Kbytes) TURN THIS
> OFF AFTER THE IMPORT
> DS_TOTAL_MEMORY # Decision support memory (Kbytes) TURN
> THIS OFF AFTER THE IMPORT
> DS_MAX_SCANS 1048576 # Maximum number of decision support
> scans
> DATASKIP off
> OPTCOMPIND 2 # To hint the optimizer
> DIRECTIVES 1 # Optimizer DIRECTIVES ON (1/Default) or
> OFF (0)
> ONDBSPACEDOWN 2 # Dbspace down option: 0 = CONTINUE, 1 =
> ABORT, 2 = WAIT
> OPCACHEMAX 0 # Maximum optical cache size (Kbytes)
> # HETERO_COMMIT (Gateway participation in distributed transactions)
> # 1 => Heterogeneous Commit is enabled
> # 0 (or any other value) => Heterogeneous Commit is disabled
> HETERO_COMMIT 0
> BLOCKTIMEOUT 3600 # Default timeout for system block
> SYSALARMPROGRAM /home/informix/9.40/etc/evidence.sh # System Alarm
> program path
> # Optimization goal: -1 = ALL_ROWS(Default), 0 = FIRST_ROWS
> OPT_GOAL -1
> ALLOW_NEWLINE 0 # embedded newlines(Yes = 1, No = 0 or
> anything but 1)
> BAR_BSALIB_PATH /opt/omni/lib/libob2informix_64bit.sl
> DS_MAX_QUERIES 6 # Maximum number of decision support
> queries
>
> ONSTAT -P
>
> IBM Informix Dynamic Server Version 9.40.FC4 -- On-Line -- Up 4 days
> 14:29:2
> 2 -- 2196484 Kbytes
>
> Profile
> dskreads pagreads bufreads %cached dskwrits pagwrits bufwrits %cached
> 535710112 1308089992 17065711597 96.86 31296277 73506490 243924199
> 87.17
>
> isamtot open start read write rewrite delete commit
> rollbk
> 12889143879 61483810 410801398 10058850470 60258603 10476107 6562628
> 9953760 3
> 732
>
> gp_read gp_write gp_rewrt gp_del gp_alloc gp_free gp_curs
> 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
>
> ovlock ovuserthread ovbuff usercpu syscpu numckpts flushes
> 0 0 0 157714.53 101146.03 1047 2882
>
> bufwaits lokwaits lockreqs deadlks dltouts ckpwaits compress seqscans
> 34018215 3531 16248413925 10 0 2150 3447796
> 2746919
>
> ixda-RA idx-RA da-RA RA-pgsused lchwaits
> 137210564 13433495 105455888 253872383 7973596
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ids-bounces@iiug.org [mailto:ids-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of
> Robert Roussey(IT)
> Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2007 5:14 PM
> To: ids@iiug.org
> Subject: RE: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE [9061]
>
> If you know the session of the batch job, you can see what pieces of
> memory it is using with "onstat -g mem".
> "onstat -g ses" will show all sessions and their total use of SHM.
> If you are using PDQ for the batch job, you should see it reflected by
> getting snapshots of "onstat -g mgm" while it is running.
>
> Maybe post your ONCONFIG file and people can comment on it as well as
> a 24hr snapshot of "onstat -p".
>
> Bob Roussey
> Unix / Informix Administration
> Spirit Airlines
> Robert.Roussey@SpiritAir.com
>
>
>
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>
Mary

With 9.4 you will be using 'fuzzy' checkpoints, therefore increasing
BUFFERS will have minimal effect on checkpoints. Your Buffers Read and
Write %ages are looowww, I would bump buffers to 200000 (to start)
then 250000 or even 300000. (Can't remember your platform but have a
recollection of plenty of memory and even on a 4Kb page machine this
is only 1.2 Gb). That will improve your %ages. Also you need to
increase LRUs (and Cleaners) to reduce the number of Buffer Waits. Try
127 for each.
If the engine has not added any additional virtual segment (onstat -g
seg) then there is little point in increasing SHMVIRTSIZE as more is
not required.

Keith

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Messages In This Thread

• Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
  Mary Gregory -- Monday, 30 April 2007, at 2:33 p.m.
  • RE: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
    Robert Roussey\(IT\) -- Monday, 30 April 2007, at 4:29 p.m.
    • RE: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
      Mary Gregory -- Monday, 30 April 2007, at 4:37 p.m.
      • Re: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
        DL Redden -- Monday, 30 April 2007, at 10:08 p.m.
        • RE: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
          Mary Gregory -- Tuesday, 1 May 2007, at 9:19 a.m.
          • Re: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
            Andreas Breitfeld -- Wednesday, 2 May 2007, at 10:55 a.m.
          • RE: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
            Robert Roussey\(IT\) -- Wednesday, 2 May 2007, at 6:14 p.m.
            • RE: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
              Mary Gregory -- Tuesday, 8 May 2007, at 12:06 p.m.
              • RE: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
                Jack Parker -- Tuesday, 8 May 2007, at 12:55 p.m.
              • Re: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
                Keith Simmons -- Wednesday, 9 May 2007, at 5:13 a.m.
                • Re: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
                  ART KAGEL, BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN -- Monday, 14 May 2007, at 12:29 p.m.
                  • Re: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
                    DL Redden -- Thursday, 17 May 2007, at 4:29 p.m.
                    • Re: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
                      ART KAGEL, BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN -- Thursday, 17 May 2007, at 6:36 p.m.
                  • RE: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
                    Mary Gregory -- Monday, 21 May 2007, at 10:06 a.m.
                    • RE: Question on SHMVIRTSIZE
                      ART KAGEL, BLOOMBERG/ 731 LEXIN -- Monday, 21 May 2007, at 12:48 p.m.

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