I am using the monitor utility to collect data on our Alpha 3000/400
running OSF/1 v3.2. I am trying to determine if we could use more
physical memory. We currently have 64MB installed and a 512MB swap
space. Here is some output from the mon_memory filter that came with
the monitor utility :
This report is for wks2.dynatec.com.
This session started on Tue Apr 30 10:02:31 1996.
This session ended on Thu May 23 14:35:44 1996.
Memory type Minimium Average Maximium
Free memory 0.11% 12.46% 57.40%
Active Virtual Memory 10.19% 51.01% 68.26%
Inactive virtual memory 0.00% 3.76% 42.41%
Wired Memory 16.47% 18.73% 20.75%
First of all, what does this tell me, if anything, about our memory
situation? Are we swapping a lot? Will more memory help
performance? What is the meaning of each type of memory in the list?
Does having an average active virtual memory value of 50% mean we
are using, on average, half of our swap space and thus swapping a
lot? As you can tell, I am confused. Any help would be great.
Thanks for any help...
Brad
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Brad Kingston
Dynamics Technology, Inc.
21311 Hawthorne Blvd Suite 300
Torrance, CA 90503
Voice : (310) 543-5433; Fax : (310) 543-2117
Received on Fri May 24 1996 - 00:55:35 NZST