Allocation limit in SAP HANA

Collectively, all processes cannot consume more memory than the global allocation limit. The allocation limit limits the amount of memory that can be used by individual processes. The value is the maximum allocation limit in MB.

Parameter Name - allocation_limit
Default Value - A missing entry or a value of 0 results in the system using the default settings. The default allocation limit is calculated in the same way as the default global allocation limit.

About Parameter -
The allocation limit limits the amount of memory that can be used by individual processes. The value is the maximum allocation limit in MB.

-- set the global_allocation_limit=2048

hdbsql=> select round(allocation_limit/1024/1024,2) allocation_limit from m_host_resource_utilization;
ALLOCATION_LIMIT
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13605.15


-- set the global_allocation_limit=20480

> select round(allocation_limit/1024/1024,2) allocation_limit from m_host_resource_utilization;
ALLOCATION_LIMIT
-----------------------------
20480