Forte on MultiProcessor Computers

Question

Any experience with Forte applications running on
symmetrical multi-processing machines (SMP)?. I
would appreciate the input:
0. Customer Name
1. Machine model, memory size, and DISK size
2. Size of DB file
3. Throughput for DB
Thankyou,
GB

Answer 1

I would suspect you are running Open Transport. The "max allowable number
of interrupts" is the Open Transport problem. If you crash during an update
in 2.0.D.2, in believe it marks the workspace as bad. Also, I think 16 meg
on a Powermac, especially if you are using the Powermac native version
(still beta), is way too low. We were using 28-34 meg for Forte. You also
have to be careful of the -fm flag for memory settings on a Macintosh. See
Tech Note 10514 about optimal settings memory settings. Hope this helps.
At 09:45 AM 6/19/96 +1200, Dave Maclaurin wrote:
Hi,
I'm having an ongoing problem running Forte on a Power Mac 9500 - as a
development platform.
To be specific - I run Forte connecting to a repository running on a DEC
alpha box. After finishing my Forte session I cannot fire up ANY other
application ( application launch aborts - says no memory available - even
though the Finder shows 25 megs free ! ). I have to reboot. Seems like
Forte is not releasing memory when quitting ?
Also - I find that updating or integrating my workspace will often cause
Forte on the 9500 to crash ( ...maximum allowable number of interrupts
exceeded ( see below ) ) - then I end up with either a corrupt or locked
workspace !
My Machine is Power Mac 9500
32 Megs RAM
MMM is on
O/S is 7.5.3 rev 2
Virtual mem is off
Ram disk is off
I allocate 16 megs to Forte
FORTE_DEFINTQ_SIZE is 8192
Running version Forte 2.0 D2
So - has anyone had similar experiences - hints - solutions ?
Cheers - Dave.
Dave Maclaurin,
Systems Analyst,
Information Technology Services,
University of Otago,
Dunedin, New Zealand.
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