Hi DeLisa :)
    First of all... we have a 979/200 and don't see any error messages when
we list out our memory... so I don't think errors are normal... but then
what do I know about normal??? hehehe

   Secondly.... When we researched adding memory a few months back it was
recommended that we add a second memory carrier (I only saw one listed in
your message) to better balance the memory utilization but I was warned very
STRONGLY by several sources (Thanks Jesse R. of HP and Amy and Scott of
Lund!) to balance the memory in the memory carriers or performance would
take a hit of "Biblical Proportions" hehe

   Also, did you recently see a jump in user logons?  We saw a big hit when
we when replaced about a 100 terminals with PC's and the users started
opening multiple sessions to our 979... we doubled our user logons over
night and saw performance take a nose dive of about 20% ...

Art "always watching via SOS :) " Bahrs

----- Original Message -----
From: "DeLisa DeVee" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:06 AM
Subject: [HP3000-L] Memory HP3000 979-300 / System Performance


> We are having some system performance issues.  We are questioning if our
> system is using all of its memory, or if we have some bad memory.  Below
> is a print out of the memrpt in sysdiag/logtool.  This report shows
> error count on ib - 2 and 1ab - 1.  Does anyone know if this is normal?
>
> We are also trying to determine if we have enough memory.  According to
> HP Response Center we do, but we continue to have page fault rates above
> the normal recommendations (above 50.00/sec) and have users and
> processes waiting on memory.  We currently have 896 mb of physical
> memory.  We are on operating system 5.5.7 and have 250 users on this
> box.
>
> We recently added a third processor and our system performance declined
> tremendously. We also have a 12H AutoRaid on this system.  We are trying
> to determine why our system performance is so poor (locking, memory
> etc.)?  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>                  MEMORY ERROR LOGGING REPORT
>
> SYSTEM START TIME             --  TUE, MAR  6, 2001,  6:58 PM
> LAST ERROR CHECK TIME         --  FRI, MAR  9, 2001,  9:27 AM
> LOGGING TIME INTERVAL         --  3600 seconds
> 49 OUT OF 50 ENTRIES IN THE PAGE DEALLOCATION TABLE ARE FREE
>
> MEMORY EXTENDER  --  EX0
>
 ===========================================================================
>
> SLOT:               1b                  FIRST DETECTED:    03/06/01
> 7:58 PM
> ERROR TYPE:         Single/Soft Error   LAST DETECTED :    03/06/01
> 10:58 PM
> PAGE STATUS:        Deallocated         CHIP ID:           u14
> BIT NUM./BANK NUM:  97/0                ERROR COUNT:       2
> LOGGED BY:          MEMLOGP             ERROR ADDR (HEX):  117E9810
>
 ===========================================================================
>
> SLOT:               1ab                 FIRST DETECTED:    03/06/01
> 6:58 PM
> ERROR TYPE:         Single/Unknown Err  LAST DETECTED :    03/06/01
> 6:58 PM
> PAGE STATUS:        Deallocated         CHIP ID:           Not Available
>
> BIT NUM./BANK NUM:  Not Available       ERROR COUNT:       1
> LOGGED BY:          PDT                 ERROR ADDR (HEX):  117E9000
>
 ===========================================================================
>
>
>
> DeLisa DeVee
> Operations Administrator
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> 541-774-5473