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Conference bulova::decwindows

Title:	DECWINDOWS
Notice:	DECwindows Motif V1.2-4 SSB kits: note 5519
Moderator:	GRIM::MESSENGER

Created:	Thu Nov 29 1990
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5861
Total number of notes:	24081

5772.0. "poor performance" by VARESE::MARINI () Thu Feb 06 1997 14:13

	hello,

	 my customer is having problem using decwindow.
	The system is an alpha 3000.the operating system is
	openvms 6.1 and the motif is the version 1.2-3 with 64 Mb mem.

	He works with  4 windows open.
	In certain circumstances the window refresh ( when he
	click on different windows) takes a couple of minute.
	
	In that situation the cpu is working at 15-20%, the memory
	is 80% used, there is not any i/o activity.

	From a remote connection everythings works well 
	(dir, show sys, edit.....)

	Any help will be very appreciated.
	Thanks a lot.

	Adriano

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
5772.1	Memory, Parameters, Controller, Quotas	XDELTA::HOFFMAN	Steve, OpenVMS Engineering	`Thu Feb 06 1997 15:51`	13
	64MB is at the low end of the memory I'd want to use under DECwindows Motif on OpenVMS Alpha -- I'd look at an upgrade to 128MB or more. When was the last time the system was AUTOGEN'd? Which DEC 3000 system, and which graphics controller? What are the UAF settings for the username running under DECwindows Motif? (DECwindows takes considerably larger quotas, and having insufficient quotas can lead to lower performance...) Check the documentation for recommended minimum settings...
5772.2	axp 200 4/100	VARESE::MARINI		`Tue Feb 11 1997 09:42`	19
	> 64MB is at the low end of the memory I'd want to use under DECwindows > Motif on OpenVMS Alpha -- I'd look at an upgrade to 128MB or more. > When was the last time the system was AUTOGEN'd? Just few minutes before the problem. > What are the UAF settings for the username running under DECwindows > Motif? (DECwindows takes considerably larger quotas, and having > insufficient quotas can lead to lower performance...) Check the > documentation for recommended minimum settings... Bytlm = 100.000 Pgflquo = 200.000 Fillm = 100 diolim = 200 biolim = 200 The system is an alpha station 200 4/100 instead of dec 3000
5772.3	Here Are Documented Minimums -- More May Be Needed	XDELTA::HOFFMAN	Steve, OpenVMS Engineering	`Wed Feb 12 1997 18:16`	107
	:> When was the last time the system was AUTOGEN'd? : Just few minutes before the problem. Then chances are there was something missed in MODPARAMS, or there was some other problem... (This is the classic footprint of an AUTOGEN bug, or -- more commonly -- a user that did not include the necessary tuning information in MODPARAMS.DAT.) :> What are the UAF settings for the username running under DECwindows :> Motif? (DECwindows takes considerably larger quotas, and having :> insufficient quotas can lead to lower performance...) Check the :> documentation for recommended minimum settings... : The system is an alpha station 200 4/100 instead of dec 3000 The slowest Alpha ever shipped... Here is the above-mentioned documentation, the UAF and SYSGEN recommendations: --- Table A-1: Recommended Settings for UAF Limits VAX AXP Limit Setting Setting Usage ASTLM 100 100 Asynchronous system trap (AST) queue limit BIOLM 100 100 Buffered I/O count limit BYTLM 40000 100000 I/O byte limit DIOLM 100 100 Direct I/O count limit ENQLM 200 300 Enqueue lock limit FILLM 100 100 Open file limit MAXDETACH 0 0 Maximum detached processes for a single user name (0 = no limit) MAXJOBS 0 0 Maximum active processes for a single user name (0 = no limit) MAXACCTJOB 0 0 Maximum active processes for a single account (0 = no limit) PGFLQUOTA 32768 32768 Paging file limit PRCLM 8 10 Subprocess creation limit WSDEFAULT 512 1024 Default working set size WSEXTENT 2048 8192 Working set extent WSQUOTA 1024 2048 Working set quota --- Table A-3: Recommended Settings for System Parameters on AXP Systems Parameter Minimum Add Value Description GBLSECTIONS 600 180 System global sections GBLPAGES 80000 44000 System global page table entries GBLPAGFIL 1024 768 System global page-file sections limit NPAGEDYN 670000 150000 System nonpaged dynamic pool PAGEDYN 289000 76000 System paged dynamic pool CHANNELCNT 255 - System permanent I/O channel limit SWPOUTPGCNT 512 - Minimum process page size before swapping 1 VIRTUALPAGECNT 73536 - Process virtual page limit PROCSECTCNT 64 - Process image section descriptor limit WSMAX 12000 - Process working set maximum PQL_MPGFLQUOTA 32768 - Minimum page file quota PQL_MASTLM 100 - Minimum AST limit PQL_MBIOLM 100 - Minimum buffered I/O limit PQL_MDIOLM 100 - Minimum direct I/O limit PQL_MPRCLM 10 - Minimum subprocess limit PQL_MFILLM 100 - Minimum open file limit PQL_MBYTLM 100000 - Minimum buffered I/O byte limit PQL_MENQLM 300 - Minimum enqueued lock limit PQL_MWSDEFAULT 1024 - minimum working set default PQL_MWSQUOTA 2048 - Minimum working set quota PQL_MWSEXTENT 8192 - Minimum working set extent 1 Requirements may vary depending on your graphics hardware.