May 2008
Beginner
31 pages
1h 38m
English
Applications that are allotted too little memory experience frequent disk page faults, resulting in decreased performance and additional disk resource use. In contrast, allocating too much physical memory leaves physical hardware resources unused, leading to lower overall host server use.
Collect memory use information when the system is running at peak load to ensure that the appropriate amount of memory is allotted; record the results in Appendix A: "Job Aid 2: Application Inventory." Table 4 provides the Performance Monitor counter data to collect.
Table 4. Performance Monitor Statistics for Required Memory
| Object | Counter | Instance |
| Process | Working Set - Private | Process Name |
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