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Parameters for Controlling PDQ

Table 23 summarizes the configuration parameters, environment variables, and the SQL statement that control how the database server allocates resources to PDQ in Extended Parallel Server. The value set by the SQL statement supersedes values set by the environment variables, and values set by environment variables supersede values set by configuration parameters.

Table 23. Parameters Used for Controlling PDQ in Extended Parallel Server
Configuration
Parameters
Environment
Variables
SQL
Statements
Purpose of Parameter
DS_ADM_POLICY Indicate policy that RGM should use to schedule queries.
DS_MAX_QUERIES Maximum number of PDQ queries that can be active at any one time
MAX_PDQPRIORITY Percentage of user's requested PDQPRIORITY value that the database server grants
OPTCOMPIND OPTCOMPIND Indicate a preferred join type to the query optimizer
PDQPRIORITY PDQPRIORITY SET PDQPRIORITY Request minimum and maximum percentage of PDQ memory for an application or a specific query
SET SCHEDULE LEVEL Request scheduling priority for an application or a specific query

Each PDQ configuration parameter shown above can be modified on the fly using the onutil SET command.

For more information on the PDQ parameters, refer to the chapter on configuration parameters in the IBM Informix: Administrator's Reference and to your IBM Informix: Performance Guide.

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