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Linux Kernel Parameters

The following table describes the parameters and limits that are set by the SAP HANAdatabase lifecycle manager (HDBLCM) during the installation or
update of an SAP HANAdatabase. The actual values may differ, depending on your system configuration.

Parameter Description Value Location

nofile Open file descriptors per user 1048576 /etc/security/limits.conf

fs.file-max Open file descriptors per host 20000000 /etc/sysctl.conf

fs.aio-max-nr Maximum number of asynchronous I/O requests 131072 +<number of /etc/sysctl.conf

additional index
server processes
running on the host> *
65536

vm.memory_failure_early_kill Method for killing processes when an uncorrected 1 /etc/sysctl.conf

memory error occurs

kernel.shmmax Maximum shared memory segment size (the default 1073741824 /etc/sysctl.conf
minimum value ispdating 1 GB)

kernel.shmmni Maximum number of shared memory segments /etc/sysctl.conf

RAM ≥ 256GB =>
524288

RAM ≥ 64 GB =>
65536

RAM < 64GB => 4096

kernel.shmall System-wide limit of total shared memory, in pages shmmax / 4096 * /etc/sysctl.conf
(shmmni / 16)

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Parameter Description Value Location

net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range Lower limit of ephemeral port range 40000 /etc/sysctl.conf

vm.max_map_count Maximum number of Virtual Memory Areas (VMAs) /etc/sysctl.conf

Intel-Based Hardware
that a process can own
Platforms: 1000000
+ <RAM in GB> *
32768

IBM Power
Systems: 1000000
+ <RAM in GB> *
16384

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