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Date:      Tue, 3 Mar 1998 20:09:04 -0800 (PST)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
To:        michael dorin <mike@chaski.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: page faults etc.
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980303200746.21429K-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199803031151.LAA01808@chaski.com>

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On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, michael dorin wrote:

> 
> How do I tell how many page faults my system is having?

systat -vmstat <delay>, Trp item (this is total system traps, but includes
page faults).

> What do I look for as bad?
> What do I look for as good?

You really want to be concerned about swap usage, this is probably an
easier-to-track barometer.  If your swap system is very active (lots of
in/out) you probably need more RAM.

Mr. Dyson?

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major



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