SAP ABAP Data Element BUFSIZE64 (Total Size of data buffers in shared memeory)

Hierarchy

☛ SAP_BASIS (Software Component) SAP Basis Component
   ⤷ BC-DB-INF (Application Component) Informix
     ⤷ STUI (Package) Informix Database Monitor

Basic Data

Data Element	BUFSIZE64
Short Description	Total Size of data buffers in shared memeory

Data Type

Category of Dictionary Type	D	Domain
Type of Object Referenced		No Information
Domain / Name of Reference Type	STUI_INT64
Data Type	DEC	Counter or amount field with comma and sign
Length	18
Decimal Places	0
Output Length	24
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Field Label

	Length	Field Label
Short	10	BUFSIZE
Medium	17	Total Buffer Size
Long	0
Heading	0

Documentation

Definition

This number gives the total size of database shared memory buffering space. It is obtained indirectly by multiplying the database configuration parameter BUFFERS with the SYSTEM-PAGE-SIZE. The SYSTEM-PAGE-SIZE is a fixed parameter and cannot be altered. It is 4KB (4096 bytes) on Windows NT and AIX platforms and 2KB (2048 bytes) on all othe UNIX platforms. The BUFFERS configuration parameter can be found and altered via the Informix-Online database configuration file onconfig.<hostname>.<sid> found in the directory $INFORMIXDIR/etc resp. %INFORMIXDIR%\etc.

History

Last changed by/on	SAP	20041216
SAP Release Created in	700