Configuring the Windows registry: Increasing the

noninteractive desktop heap size

Version 11.5.0
      
If the parallel engine is installed on a computer that runs Microsoft Windows Server,
Standard or Enterprise edition, increase the noninteractive desktop heap size to
ensure that a sufficient number of processes can be created and run concurrently.

Before you begin

1. Log in to Windows Server as the Administrator.

2. Start the Registry Editor, and back up the Windows Registry. If you plan to
make several changes (for example, to configure the parallel engine), create
a single backup before you make all the changes.

About this task

IBM® InfoSphere® DataStage® processes are created in a specific desktop heap.

Each process consumes a small amount of memory from the desktop heap. If you
expect to run many InfoSphere DataStage jobs concurrently, increase the size of the
noninteractive desktop heap to allow more processes to be created and run
concurrently.

You increase the size of the noninteractive desktop heap by editing

the SharedSection parameter string in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\
CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\SubSystems registry
subkey. The SharedSection parameter string is located in the Windows registry
value and uses the following format to specify heap size:
SharedSection=xxxx,yyyy,zzzz
Where:

 xxxx specifies the maximum size of the system-wide heap (in kilobytes)

 yyyy specifies the size of each desktop heap
 zzzz specifies the size of the desktop heap that is associated with a
noninteractive Windows instance

Table 1. The default values for interactive and noninteractive desktop heaps by
operating system
Operating Interactive desktop heap size Noninteractive desktop heap
system (SharedSection 2nd value) size (SharedSection 3rd value)
Windows Server 12288 KB 512 KB
2008 (32 bit)
Windows Server 20480 KB 768 KB
2008 (64 bit)
Procedure

1. In the Registry Editor, select the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session
Manager\SubSystems
 2. In the right pane of the Registry Editor, locate the Windows registry value.
a. Right-click the Windows registry value and click Modify.
b. In the Value data field, locate the SharedSection parameter string,
and change the last SharedSection parameter from 512 to
2048. For example, specify the following values for this parameter on
a 64-bit computer:
SharedSection=1024,20480,2048

If you cannot change the size of the desktop heap to 2048, try setting
the value to 768. For example, specify the following values for this
parameter:

SharedSection=1024,20480,768
3. Click OK and close the Registry Editor.
What to do next

After you make changes to the Windows Registry, restart Windows to apply your
changes. If you plan to make several changes (for example, to configure the parallel
engine), make all changes before you restart Windows.