Category: ZIM Product Suite

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Pending Sleep

pending sleep milliseconds When an object requested by some operation being performed by Zim Server is not available (for instance, locks, blocks, etc.), the request goes to a list of pending objects and stays in the list until the object request can be satisfied. In this list, the object availability is checked every number of…
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Checkpoint Buffers

checkpoint buffers buffers The option buffers indicates how many buffers must be written to the temporary log file before performing a checkpoint that commits ongoing transactions to disk. If this limit is reached while transactions are in process, the checkpoint will happen only after all transactions have finished to guarantee atomic transactions. The smaller the…
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Datablock Timeout

This option is not used by Zim Server and might be removed in future releases. datablock timeout milliseconds The time milliseconds indicates how long a buffer is going to stay in memory before Zim Server can use it to make additional room for new buffers being read. When a Zim session make a request to…
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Server Port Number

server port number port This configuration option establishes the port number used by Zim Server to talk to all the users that try to log on. Valid Settings A number from 1024 to 32765. Windows 6002 UNIX 6002

Buffers Per User

buffers per user buffers This option specifies the number of buffers to be allocated by each user to process data provided by Zim Server. The buffer allocation happens only in the client side and is independent of locks. Valid Settings Any directory path. Windows 1000 UNIX 1000

Secondary Lock Group Size

secondary lock group size nn This option indicates the size of each secondary group of locks that Zim Server has to maintain in memory in order to control and apply locks to ongoing transactions. Valid Settings A number from 10 to 50. Windows 20 UNIX 20

Maximum Record Groups

maximum record groups nn The number nn indicates how many files in total, for all databases, Zim Server can handle simultaneously, that is, kept open at same time.   Valid Settings A number from 100 to 200,000. Windows 10,000 UNIX 10,000

Record Group Size

record group size nn This is the size of a group of information related to blocks of data, like quick locks, locks, references to a block and users accessing blocks. Each file (that is, record group) can have this many record groups to speed up to relationship between real blocks of data in memory and…
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Secondary Lock Groups

secondary lock groups nn   This option indicates how many groups of secondary locks Zim Server has to maintain in memory in order to control and apply locks on ongoing transactions for locks that cannot be held in a quick way (see Quick Locks). Valid Settings A number from 10 to 100,000.   Windows 7500…
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Object Sleep

object sleep milliseconds The time milliseconds indicates how long Zim Server has to wait before attempting again to obtain control over some objects (locks, buffers, etc.) that are not available in memory. This sleep time is some sort of “last chance” to acquire resources in memory before resorting to a pending list of objects where…
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