The large NPROC feature increases the number of processes
the HP-UX system allows from 30,000 to 60,000.
Summary
of Change |
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What’s
New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1 September 2005?
The HP-UX 11i v1 release supports up to 30,000 processes system-wide.
HP-UX 11i v3 supports up to 60,000 processes.
What’s
New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v2 June 2006?
The HP-UX 11i v2 release supports up to 30,000 processes system-wide.
HP-UX 11i v3 supports up to 60,000 processes.
Impact |
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The system can now support more processes running concurrently,
changing from 30,000 to 60,000.
Compatibility |
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There are no known compatibility issues.
Performance |
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There are no known performance issues.
Documentation |
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For further information, see the nproc(5) manpage, as well as the
whitepaper “Number of Processes and Process ID Values on HP-UX,” available
at http://docs.hp.com.
Obsolescence |
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Not applicable.