Table of Contents

• Chapter 1 SQUEEZING THE MOST FROM YOUR VAX
  • 1.1 WHAT IS TUNING? WHY DO IT?
• Chapter 2 SHOW MEMORY AND YOUR SYSTEM'S HEALTH
  • 2.1 SHOW MEMORY
  • 2.2 UNDERSTANDING VMS'S WORRIES
  • 2.3 PROCESS ENTRY SLOTS AND BALANCE SET SLOTS.
  • 2.4 REQUEST PACKET LISTS.
  • 2.5 PAGED AND NON-PAGED DYNAMIC MEMORY
  • 2.6 PAGE FILES
  • 2.7 FREE AND MODIFIED PAGE LISTS
    • 2.7.1 MPW_HILIMIT
    • 2.7.2 MPW_LOWAITLIMIT
    • 2.7.3 MPW_THRESH
• Chapter 3 SYSGEN PARAMETERS THAT HELP RESPONSE TIME
  • 3.1 QUANTUM
  • 3.2 WORKING SET ADJUSTMENT
  • 3.3 AUTOMATIC WORKING SET SIZE ADJUSTMENT
• Chapter 4 MANUAL VERSUS DYNAMIC TUNING
  • 4.1 MANUAL TUNING
    • 4.1.1 MANUAL TUNING PROBLEMS
  • 4.2 DYNAMIC TUNING
    • 4.2.1 DYNAMIC TUNING ADVANTAGES
• Appendix A AN EXAMPLE OF CHANGING SYSGEN PARAMETERS
  • A.1 CHANGING SYSGEN PARAMETERS
  • A.2 CHANGING PAGE AND SWAP FILE SIZE
• Index
• Examples
  • Example A-1 Changing Sysgen Parameters
  • Example A-2 Changing PAGE and SWAP File Size
• Tables
  • Table 2-1 Request Packet List---Free Levels
  • Table 2-2 Dynamic Memory---Free Levels
  • Table 3-1 Working Set List Adjustment Parameters
  • Table 3-2 Recommended AWS Parameter Values