Hi Chinmay, "Dhodapkar, Chinmay S" wrote: > > Well, it's a part of a bigger setup that I need to test. I cannot > describe the whole reasons of why I want to turn off cache...but the > basic reason is that I want to put a HEAVY load on the disk(and maybe > the processor). (although I know there are benchmarks available to do > that...) > My only question is whether it is possible to turn off the cache? > Will setting DATA_CACHE to 0 work? > Thanks! > -Chinmay so far I did never ever had this idea so that I never tested it. Therefore I can't answer this. But try it. I suppose you will then find some error messages in the knldiag file that the database won't run without DATA_CACHE or CACHE_SIZE (set to 0) and the kernel will stop then.
Ciao Ralf > -----Original Message----- > From: Dr. Ralf Czekalla [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 11:40 AM > To: Dhodapkar, Chinmay S > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: sapdb newbie question > > > I am running a standalone SAPDB (7.3.0.25) on linux. > > > > Is there a way I can turn off caching by sapdb completely? (both read > and write) > > Let me answer with a question: Why would you want to wipe out the > gearing out of a Porsche? Would it then drive any longer. > > The caches are implemented so deep in the SAP DB (shadow memory > architecture) that it wouldn't work without, like a Porsche without a > gearing. _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
