[comp.os.vms] Page File Quota

dorl@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Michael (NMI) Dorl) (11/12/87)

We recently investigated some problems we were having with detached
processes started through LOGINOUT and our system wide login file.
These processes were erroring out on a SET COMMAND with a quota
exceeded diagnostic.  We 'fixed' this by specifying a large page
file quota on the RUN command.  

The only question remaining is how VMS uses the page file quota.
the original quota came from a PQL_DPGFLQUOTA of 2048.  A SHOW
PROCESS/QUOTA showed a page file quota of 1111.  Afer specifying
RUN/PAGE=20000, SHOW PROCESS/QUOTA reported a page file quota of
19070.  Evidentally, the specified quota is reduced by some 900
blocks.

My question is what are these blocks used for and why are they
accounted for in this way?  I expected the page file quota to be
what I specified on the RUN/PAGE command or the default value
in PQL_DPGFLQUOTA.