Tunable Kernel Parameters
Table Of Contents
- Tunable Kernel Parameters
- Legal Notices
- Revision History
- Conventions
- 1 Overview
- 2 Accounting Subsystem
- 3 Asynchronous I/O Subsystem
- 4 File System Subsystem
- 5 Interprocess Communication (IPC) Subsystem
- 6 Kernel Crash Dump Subsystem
- 7 Memory Paging Subsystem
- 8 Process Management Subsystem
- 9 Spinlock Pool
- 10 Streams Subsystem
- 11 Miscellaneous Parameters
- Miscellaneous Parameter Summary
- CD-ROM Parameter Summary
- System Clock Parameter Summary
- Disk I/O Parameter Summary
- Intrusion Detection System/9000
- Fast Symbolic Link Traversal Parameter Summary
- Reserved System Memory Parameter Summary
- Network Parameter Summary
- Queued Signals Parameter Summary
- Real-Time Priority Parameter Summary
- Terminal Parameter Summary
- Maximum Users Parameter Summary
- Web Server Parameter Summary
- Miscellaneous Parameter Summary
- A Table of Tunable Kernel Parameters

Overview
Tunables by Subsystem
Chapter 1
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Tunables by Subsystem
The tunable kernel parameters are divided into the following subsystems and groups.
• “Accounting Subsystem” on page 15
• “Asynchronous I/O Subsystem” on page 21
• “File System Subsystem” on page 23
• “Interprocess Communication (IPC) Subsystem” on page 31
• “Kernel Crash Dump Subsystem” on page 39
• “Memory Paging Subsystem” on page 41
• “Process Management Subsystem” on page 47
• “Spinlock Pool” on page 53
• “Streams Subsystem” on page 57
• “Miscellaneous Parameters” on page 61