Below is the list of commonly recommended HPUX kernel parameters. But this may vary based on your application need.
| # Parameter | Value | |
| bufpages | 0 | # on HP-UX 10.X |
| create_fastlinks | 1 | |
| dbc_max_pct | 25 | |
| fs_async | 1 | |
| maxdsiz | 2063806464 | |
| maxfiles | 200 | |
| maxfiles_lim | 2048 | |
| maxssiz | (80*1024*1024) | |
| maxswapchunks | 4096 | |
| maxtsiz | (1024*1024*1024) | |
| maxuprc | 200 | |
| maxusers | 124 | |
| netmemmax | 0 | # on desktop systems |
| -1 | # on data servers | |
| nfile | 2800 | |
| ninode | 15000 | # 4000 on HP-UX 10.20 multi-processor systems |
| nproc | 1024 | |
| npty | 512 |
More details at : http://docs.hp.com/en/1219/tuningwp.html#kernparmrec