shmsys:shminfo_shmmni (Solaris 9 Releases)

Obsolete in the Solaris 10 release.

Description

System wide limit on number of shared memory segments that can be created.

Data Type

Signed integer

Default

100

Range

0 to MAXINT

Dynamic?

No. Loaded into shmmni field of shminfo structure.

Validation

The amount of space consumed by the maximum possible number of data structures to support System V shared memory is checked against 25% of the currently available kernel memory at the time the module is loaded. If the memory consumed is too large, the attempt to load the module fails.

When to Change

When the system limits are too low. Generally changed on the recommendation of software vendors.

Commitment Level

Unstable