Enables you to set data cache and data file cache sizes to values greater than 4GB. Applies when running Essbase on 64-bit platforms.
MEMSCALINGFACTOR appname dbname nappname—Application name
dbname—Database name
n—The factor used to create data cache and data file cache settings greater than 4 GB. The data cache and data file cache settings in Essbase clients (Administration Services, MaxL, and API) are multiplied by an integer, n. The resulting values are the actual cache sizes used by Essbase.
When running Essbase on 64-bit platforms, optimal data cache and data file cache settings may be larger than 4 GB. Although you cannot specify settings larger than 4 GB in Essbase clients, you can enable larger settings using the MEMSCALINGFACTOR configuration setting. When MEMSCALINGFACTOR is enabled, cache settings are multiplied by the factored amount, n. The resulting values are the actual cache sizes used by Essbase.
Both the data cache and the data file cache are scaled using the same factor.
If the data cache setting is 200 MB and, in the essbase.cfg file, MEMSCALINGFACTOR is set as follows:
MEMSCALINGFACTOR Sample Basic 32
The data cache size for Sample Basic is 200 MB x 32 = 6400 MB.