HP-UX 11i Version 1 Installation and Update Guide, December 2004

Controlling Memory Utilization of VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v1
Appendix E 197
E Controlling Memory Utilization
of VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v1
This appendix discusses the effect of two VxFS tunables vx_ninode and
vxfs_bc_bufhwm, on system memory consumption and provides
guidelines on setting them for machines with relatively low RAM.
What You Will Find in This Appendix:
• “Introduction” on page 198
• “Controlling the inode Cache” on page 199
• “Controlling the Buffer Cache” on page 200
• “Conclusion” on page 201