HP CIFS Server Requirements and Limitations

HP-UX 11.0 Memory and Disc Requirements

Although an 11.x 32-bit and 64-bit HP-UX system can boot with as little as 64MB RAM and 1GB of disc space, the performance of such a configuration would be prohibitive. The HP recommended minimums are as follows

Updated HP CIFS Server Memory Requirements for versions A.01.05 and later. . As of version A.01.05, the HP CIFS Server processes increased their base use of system memory by 20 percent. This represents an increase of approximately 100KB per smbd process over and above a base of 500KB. The increased memory footprint is the result of new caching mechanisms to improve performance.

In addition to the base memory increase, the smbd process may now also allocate memory for specialized caching requirements as needed. The size and timing of these memory allocations vary widely depending on the client type and the resources being accessed. A single smbd process may temporarily use up to 2.5MB of memory. However, most client access patterns will not trigger such specialized caching. System administrators should routinely monitor memory utilization in order to evaluate this new dynamic memory behavior.You may need to adjust HP-UX server memory configurations to accommodate these changes when upgrading from previous versions

HP CIFS Server Installation Requirements

The HP CIFS server product requires about 15MB of disc space for product installation. The HP CIFS server product is composed of the following:

HP CIFS Server Memory and Disc Requirements

Refer to Chapter 6, “HP-UX Configuration for HP CIFS” in this manual for more detailed information.