This publication documents the IRIX 6.5.18 operating system running on SGI server systems.
This manual is a reference document for people who run applications on SGI computer systems running the IRIX operating system. It contains information about how you can take advantage of memory management features in IRIX to increase the performance of your application.
The following documents contain additional information that may be helpful:
IRIX Admin: Resource Administration -- Provides an introduction to system resource administration and describes how to use and administer various IRIX resource management features, such as IRIX process limits, IRIX job limits, the Miser Batch Processing System, the Cpuset System, Comprehensive System Accounting (CSA), IRIX memory usage, and Array Services.
IRIX Admin: System Configuration and Operation -- Lists good general system administration practices and describes system administration tasks, including configuring the operating system; managing user accounts, user processes, and disk resources; interacting with the system while in the PROM monitor; and tuning system performance.
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| [ ] | Brackets enclose optional portions of a command or directive line. | |
| ... | Ellipses indicate that a preceding element can be repeated. |
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