HP-UX 11i Version 2 Installation and Update Guide, May 2005

Controlling Memory Utilization of VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v2
Appendix C 165
C Controlling Memory Utilization
of VxFS 3.5 on HP-UX 11i v2
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 166
• “Controlling the inode Cache” on page 167
• “Controlling the Buffer Cache” on page 168
• “Conclusion” on page 169