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LIMITS(5)                       Domain/OS SysV                       LIMITS(5)



NAME
     limits - Domain/OS limits

DESCRIPTION
     The table below lists the maximum values (unless otherwise indicated) for
     a wide variety of Domain/OS features.

     FEATURE                                    SR9.7           SR10.2            SR10.4
     -------                                    -----           ------            ------
     Network:
         nodes/Apollo Token Ring                1000            1000              1000
         nodes/IEEE 802.3                       N/A             1024              1024
         nodes/IEEE 802.5                       N/A             260               260
         networks/Domain internet               64              64                64
         hops/Domain internet                   15              15                15
         IPC sockets/node                       23              64                1024
         (One per process at SR10.4; varies
           with CPU type and memory size.)

     DM:
         windows                                50              110               110
         pads                                   40              100               100
         lines/pad                              262143          262143            262143
         chars/line                             256             1024              1024
         paste buffers                          100             100               100
         fonts                                  100             100               100
         chars/keydef                           256             1024              1024

     Aegis Shell:
         command arguments                      128             128               128
         string|token|line length (in chars)    1024            1024              1024
         pipes                                  ~110            ~110              ~110
         here-documents per script              ~120            ~120              ~120
         shell recursions                       ~160            ~160              ~160
         (May vary depending on process
          depth, script size, disk and
          memory limitations.)

     BSD & SysV:
         length of arguments to exec            5120            10240             25600
         integer value of a "char" (maximum):   127             127               127
         integer value of a "char" (minimum)    -128            -128              -128
         processes/user id                      24              56 (68k)          1024
                                                                247 (88k)
         ( Varies with CPU type
           and memory size.)
         file size (in bytes)                   4294967295      4294967295        4294967295
         links to one file                      65535           65535             65535
         chars/password                         8               8                 8
         open files/process                     128             128               128
         process id value                       30000           30000             30000
         bytes atomic in write to a pipe        5120            5120              5120
         bytes written to a pipe in a write     5120            5120              5120
         bytes/physical io block (actual)       1024            1024              1024
         user or group id value                 30000           65535             65535

     Naming Server:
         entries/directory                      1300            no effective      no effective
                                                                limit             limit
         (fewer if directory contains links)
         chars/leafname                         32 (16 uc)      255 (uc or lc)    255 (uc or lc)
         chars/pathname                         256             1023              1023

     Printing:
         pixels/plot line                       16k             equal to GPR      equal to GPR
                                                                main memory bit   main memory bit
                                                                map maximum.      map maximum.

         chars/text line                        1024            10000             10000

     MBX:
         channels/mailbox                       128             255               255
         channels/process                       128             255               255
         remote channels/node                   128             128               128
         (Configurable to be fewer by node
            startup file.)

     IOS:
         open streams                           128             128               128

     DSEE:                                      (Version 3.2)   (Version 3.3)     (Version 4.0)
                                                (SR9.7)         (SR10.x)          (SR10.2-SR10.4)
         simultaneous users of one library      60              60                60
         simultaneous users of libraries        60              60                60
            on one node
         branches in an element                 32000           32000             32000
         versions on a branch                   32000           32000             32000
         single version size (in lines)         200000          200000            200000
         components in a model                  32767           32767             32767
         levels that components in a model      31              31                31
            can be nested
         libraries referenced by one model      128             128               128

     GPR:
         bitmap dimensions (x,y)                8192 x 8192     8192 x 8192       8192 x 8192
         bitmap planes                          24              24                24
         hidden memory bitmap (x,y)             224 x 224       224 x 224         224 x 224

     GMR2D:
         metafile size (bytes):
           DN3xx, DN550                         7 MB            7 MB              N/A
           DNx60                                250 MB          250 MB            N/A
           DN560                                56 MB           56 MB             N/A
           DN3xxx                               56 MB           56 MB             56 MB
         ablocks/user                           40              64                64
         aclasses/user                          16              64                64
         vertices in polylines                  1000            8190              8190
         vertices in polygons                   1000            8190              8190
         open metafiles                         16              16                16
         font families                          8               N/A               N/A
         fonts (stroke and raster)              32              N/A               N/A
         segments                               65536           16#FFFFF          16#FFFFF

     GMR3D:
         metafile size (bytes):
           DN3xx, DN550                         7 MB            7 MB              N/A
           DNx60                                250 MB          250 MB            N/A
           DN560, DN570, DN580                  56 MB           56 MB             N/A
           DN3xxx                               56 MB           56 MB             56 MB
         ablocks/user                           40              40                296
         aclasses/user                          16              16                296
         vertices in polylines                  1024            1024              1024
         vertices in polygons                   1024            1024              1024
         vertices in mesh                       1024            1024              1024
         element length (in words)              32767           32767             32767
         viewports                              64              64                64
         path depth for picking,                32              32                64
            dynamic mode and echoing

     GSR (future limits):
         gao instruction length (in words)      32767
         buffer length (in words)               16#7FFFFFFF

     Dialogue:
         .DPD file size (in words)              256K            8M                8M
         .DPD linked into binary (in bytes)     256K            2M                2M
         tasks and techniques                   32K             32K               32K
         menu and switch entries                1368            1368              1368

     /com/ed
         file size (in bytes)                   256,000         256,000           256,000
         file length (in lines)                 6,000           6,000             6,000

     /com/fpat
         maximum argument length
         (characters)                           128             512               512

     /com/fpatb
         block length (in bytes)                15,000          15,000            15,000


     Misc:
         user processes
            DN100x0                             N/A             247               1024
            all others                          24              56                1024
         (lower on internet routers
          or when NETSVC-SERVERS
          is used; varies with CPU
          type and memory size.)
         locks per process                      150             150               500
         locks per node                         2000            2000              2000
         mappable user segments
         (not protected):
           16 MB VA's                           312             312               N/A
          256 MB 460's                          7423            7423              7423
          256 MB 020's                                          230Mb             230Mb
          (7360 segs.)
           64 MB 020's                          1656            1656              1656
           64 MB 3000's                         1600            1600              1600
            2 GB Turbo's                        60927           60927             N/A
         sau7 (DN3500,DN4000,DN4500) 1 GB VA    30336           30592             30592
         sau9 (DN2500) 1 GB VA 030              N/A             30592             30592
         sau10 (DN100x0) 4 GB VA                N/A             6144              6144
         sau11 (425x,433x) 2 GB VA 040          N/A             N/A               7680
         sau12 (400x) 2GB VA 030                N/A             7680              7680
         sau14 (DN5500) 2GB VA 040              N/A             N/A               7680
         N-key rollover on keyboard             6               6                 6
         stack size
          default for sau10 (DN100x0)           N/A             512k              512k
          default for all others                256k            256k              256k
         entries/ACL                            22              22                22

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