Rick,

The 3.75 limit is an OS limitation. The box itself was designed to hold
more. Perhaps (wishful thinking) HP is planning to support that 8 Gbyte
limit someday.

I do know that if you go to the max, be ready to take very long times doing
a memory dump if you ever crash. An alternative is Autorestart/iX (IIRC)
which can write memory to a reserved disc area instead of tape.

All you need is cash!

Dave Gale

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Clark [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 1999 1:32 PM
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Subject: Re: JSMAIN.PUB.SYS


David,

I understand that this is not much info, and I guess I am feeling more
like L.A.Barnes' little guy banging my head against the computer
today...... It has been one of those dazes!

After further research, it turns out that a few more lines of code were
added to a huge COBOL program that when installed, the system takes a
nose dive. When removed, the system operates normal. We are thinking
that this additional code, when multiplied by 500+ users stored in
memory, caused the HP3000 performace bottlenecks. It is my understanding
that the 3000 systems, once it reaches a certain 'boiling' point, will
drop in performance. Not a gradual curve, but a drop.

Bottom line is, we are buying more memory. This I hope will resolve our
problem.
I'm not convinced this is the problem, but it doesn't hurt. What I am
questioing now is that the Configuration guide (1995) shows the 959ks
has a max of 2048 memory. We were told that it is capable of 8gb and
that MPE/iX has a limit of 3.75gb. Is this true? What is the true max
amount of memory I can install in the system?

Thanks again in advance.

Rick Clark
Senior Systems Analyst
WW&R
Cleveland, Ohio