Re: LOCK_SGA on AIX platform

medawson_at_my-deja.com wrote:
>
> On MetaLink, I read from one of the Oracle reps on the Unix/Oracle
> forum that while HP-UX and Solaris support pinned SGAs, AIX didn't.
> I found this kinda hard to believe, since there exists facilities in
> the AIX kernel to lock ranges of memory into RAM (e.g., the 'pin()'
> and 'pinu()' kernel services).
>
> Is this really so? Has anyone successfully used LOCK_SGA on an AIX
> box? Your input is greatly apreciated. Thanks in advance.
>
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> Mark E. Dawson, Jr.
> Collective Technologies
> Unix/Oracle Systems Consultant
>
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> Before you buy.

See if AIX supports ISM (intimate shared memory). This will be (roughly speaking) synonymous...

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