Common Misconfigured HP-UX Resources (April 2006)

The JFS Metadata Buffer Cache........................................................................................................... 27
What is Metadata? ........................................................................................................................ 27
The Metadata Cache: Dynamic or Static? ......................................................................................... 28
The Metadata Cache and Memory...................................................................................................28
Tuning the Metadata Cache ............................................................................................................ 29
Recommended Guidelines for tuning the JFS Metadata Buffer Cache.................................................... 29
Semaphores Tables............................................................................................................................ 31
What is a Semaphore?................................................................................................................... 31
Interfaces ...................................................................................................................................... 31
Tunables ....................................................................................................................................... 32
The Semaphore Tables ................................................................................................................... 32
Changes in HP-UX 11i v2 ............................................................................................................... 35
Guidelines for Configuring Semaphores ...........................................................................................35
For more information.......................................................................................................................... 36