Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ucbvax.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ucbvax!info-vax From: info-vax@ucbvax.ARPA Newsgroups: fa.info-vax Subject: Vax Memory Message-ID: <5480@ucbvax.ARPA> Date: Wed, 13-Mar-85 17:50:44 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.5480 Posted: Wed Mar 13 17:50:44 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Mar-85 06:23:21 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.ARPA Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 16 From: zar%xhmeia%hamlet.arpa@lbl.arpa Can anyone give me a reason why I shouldn't set my WSMAX sysgen parameter and all user's WSEXTENT quotas to the size of physical memory (excluding system reserved memory). It seems to me that this should give a user all physical memory if he has a program that needs it. The only drawback is the increase of reserved system memory to account for raising the WSMAX parameter (does anyone know how much this would be for a 4Meg mem system?). Thanks in advance... From The Great Zar Daniel Zirin Caltech Chem Dept (818) 356-6011