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Hi. Is there any point in setting the cache limits on a server with 24 Gb, running a database on approx. 11 Gb? I'm thinking about the -c -cl and -ch parameters. And what is the point in setting "-ca 0" to disable automatic cache resize? Is there any situation where you want to use this parameter? Regards, Bjarne Anker |
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Here's an excerpt from this Foxhound 4 Help topic: Performance Tip: If the computer is dedicated to running this SQL Anywhere server and no other process of importance, consider disabling the automatic cache size tuning process by specifying the -ca 0 and -c options to set a fixed cache size. With a dedicated computer there may be no need for SQL Anywhere to perform extra work changing the cache size up and down. 1
That being said, using the defaults may be helpful to get to know how much maximum cache size the database server will use for typical workloads... So I recommend to study the according properties and/or the according console log messages, and use the results to specify the -c option value...
(24 Jan '18, 09:32)
Volker Barth
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Thanks for the input guys. I've started the service with automatic cache resize (no -ca 0 parameter) and the high limit for the cache (-ch) bigger than the databasesize (12 GB for a 9 GB database). I looks very promising. Bjarne In my understanding, the default value for the maximum cache size on Win64 is 90 % of the total physical memory of the machine, which would be about 21,6 GB, so I'm not sure you have increased the maximum cache size... Note that cache is also used for temporary file space, so whether a "somewhat-more-than-dbsize" cache is optimal or not is difficult to tell without real workloads... I would prefer to set the initial cache size because that would default to 25 % of the total RAM here, so only 6 GB. As stated, I can't tell whether that is fitting for you, but the properties can tell you so...
(25 Jan '18, 07:52)
Volker Barth
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FWIW Foxhound provides ongoing information related to cache usage:
See "Usage 2: Runaway Memory Usage" in the white paper here.
(26 Jan '18, 07:33)
Breck Carter
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