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#! rnews 1676 bsd Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!daily-planet.execpc.com!news.moneng.mei.com!hookup!jussieu.fr!oleane!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.mathworks.com!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.new-york.net!spcuna!spcvxb!terry From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) Subject: Re: mystery page faults X-Nntp-Posting-Host: spcvxa.spc.edu References: <4dmmpt$g0k@sleipnir.iaccess.com.au> Sender: news@spcuna.spc.edu (Network News) X-Nntp-Posting-User: TERRY Organization: St. Peter's College, US Date: Fri, 19 Jan 1996 03:55:53 GMT Message-ID: <1996Jan18.225553.1@spcvxb.spc.edu> Lines: 18 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.admin:37554 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:2204 In article <4dmmpt$g0k@sleipnir.iaccess.com.au>, username@iaccess.com.au (Real Name) writes: > I have these mysterious page faults showing up. > > bash# vmstat -w 5 > procs memory page disks faults cpu > r b w avm fre flt re pi po fr sr wd0 wd1 in sy cs us sy id > 0 0 0 0 12964 112 13 0 0 0 0 3 0 158 124 15 4 3 93 > > When ever I check swap space there is never any used. > > Sometimes the page faults are very high. I think process activation (paging the executable into memory) generates page faults. Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing terry@spcvxa.spc.edu St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA +1 201 915 9381 (voice) +1 201 435-3662 (FAX)