Paging out despite "free" RAM

Today I was capturing HD video from my camera to iMovie when I noticed that my computer was "paging out." I was under the impression that if I had sufficient RAM that my computer would not need to page out. Here is the data from iStat pro:
Wired: 470 MB
Active: 661 MB
Inactive: 111 MB
Free: 3.79 GB
Swap: 15 MB/64 MB
Page ins: 68409
Page outs: 80
If I have 3.79 GB of free memory, why would it page out?

No, that's not correct. The OS constantly pages data to and from VM. Here's some relevant reading material that should help you better understand memory management:
About OS X Memory Management and Usage
Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor
Memory Management in Mac OS X
Performance Guidelines- Memory Management in Mac OS X
A detailed look at memory usage in OS X
Understanding top output in the Terminal
The amount of available RAM for applications is the sum of Free RAM and Inactive RAM. This will change as applications are opened and closed or change from active to inactive status. The Swap figure represents an estimate of the total amount of swap space required for VM if used, but does not necessarily indicate the actual size of the existing swap file. If you are really in need of more RAM that would be indicated by how frequently the system uses VM. If you open the Terminal and run the top command at the prompt you will find information reported on Pageins () and Pageouts (). Pageouts () is the important figure. If the value in the parentheses is 0 (zero) then OS X is not making instantaneous use of VM which means you have adequate physical RAM for the system with the applications you have loaded. If the figure in parentheses is running positive and your hard drive is constantly being used (thrashing) then you need more physical RAM.

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Too Much Inactive RAM, Too Little Free RAM

I used to have a 2007 iMac running Snow Leopard, and I switched to a 2011 iMac running Mountain Lion. On both of my computers, I kept running out of free RAM after a while, and my inactive RAM kept taking up all my free RAM. It still does it. I end up with around 30MB of free RAM, a reasonable amount of active RAM, and a massive amount of inactive RAM after a few days, then my computer slows down a lot.
I have to keep flushing the inactive RAM with a memory cleaning tool or else my computer slows to a crawl. Repairing the permissions is supposed to clean out the inactive RAM (thanks, Tuttle), but alarmingly, this doesn't work for me. There must be something causing this problem, and I want to find it. How do I do this? Can processes currently running be using inactive RAM, or is that only possible if they have just been closed? Is there a tool that can check how much inactive RAM is allocated to each process?
P.S. To make it clear: I know that I'm not supposed to worry about inactive RAM and let the system do its own optimization, but it must not be doing it right because it's causing extremely noticeable slowdowns. The computer is like a Geo Metro pulling a whale if I don't flush the inactive RAM periodically.

Since you are so concerned, take your iMac to your local AS or an AASP for a FREE diagnostic test. At least you will have piece of mind when you get a confirmation of what is really going on.

Free RAM - a dif in iBook performance between 25M and 1G?

Hi...I keep several programs running on my iBook 1.33 with 768 onboard. Activity Monitor shows that at its lowest, my free RAM dips to around 25 or so megs when I'm streaming video from a news site.
My question is whether or not there is a difference in the Book's performance when I have 25 megs of free RAM....or 500 megs? Or being "in the green" means that there is simply enough...being "greener" won't make a difference...
I know that more is always better, but I'd like to know if more is necessary.
The answer will determine whether or not I switch out the 512 for a 1G.
I'd appreciate any feedback...Thanx!

In those instances where chip RAM is needed (and not in a video-intensive
situation where you can't upgrade VRAM, and regular RAM is not shared)
the chip RAM is faster and more readily is available to priority applications
and the OS X system itself. And Virtual Memory (VM) is slower, due to
the fact that is derived by the computer having to read-write to/from the
internal hard disk drive, and that is a slower and less-direct process.
Another way to speed up a limited upgrade option computer would be to
pay to have (or be brave and suffer any consequences, and DIY) the
internal hard disk drive replaced with a faster spin-rate new drive which
also has a larger buffer - and - more free space. This and the chip RAM
could make the computer act more like a faster model computer. At
least until the hard disk drive gets fragmented and or more than 3/4 full.
There are more than a few things one can do to enhance the performance
of the hard to upgrade iBook G4 (or iMac G4) since you can't change the
CPU or make the system bus work any faster. Bottlenecks aside, a few
items that can be upgraded, along with a regimen of routine maintenance
can help almost any computer not pushed beyond its limits, to work better.
Even with a hard disk drive only 75% full, it can be more sluggish and
waste processing and swap-file cycles (moving data bits as VM to/from
the hard disk drive when taxing the limited resources of the computer)
if the hard disk drive has never seen much maintenance. If you use an
external FireWire enclosed hard disk drive, and learn how to clone the
whole iBook's drive contents over, then be sure the clone-copy can boot
the computer, before proceeding; you could use the disk utility to wipe
the drive and use the zero-overwrite option, totally erasing and then to
reformat the drive again, to clear any low-level issues and defragment
the drive, (plus pull any seldom used saved items off the computer,
to free-up hard disk drive space, for the system to use as swap & VM)
you could also reclaim some of the original illusions of speed now lost.
{As the computer's OS gets more and more parts, updates and also
any application and associated files to sort through, it will run slower;
VM also this adds into the mix, with a fuller and older hard disk drive.}
In reference to: ' replacing an iBook G4's hard disk drive? ' you may wish to
read links here: http://www.applelinks.com/index.php/forums/viewthread/142/
In reference to bootable clones of OS X systems:
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
Minor to major background maintenance, preventative, can be helped
through the use of this utility interface tool; it can help the OS X and
your computer generally run a bit better. I use OnyX's 'automation'
selection and also have this utility's preferences set for it to restart
by itself after it runs all of the checkboxed items in this set. For this,
see: Titanium Software - OnyX: http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english.html
Also, About Disk Utility's Repair Disk Permissions (& 'repair disk' from
the booted installer's version of Disk Utility; research this further.)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1452
Sometimes, even just repairing those disk permissions can help; and
the OnyX tool can run that, as part of the Automation sequence; but
it should be run more often from D.U. than you'd need to use OnyX.
Troubleshooting permissions issues in OS X (and using Disk Utility)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106712
There is a relationship between RAM, free HDD space as Virtual Memory,
system maintenance, disk drive health, and other interrelated details.
Good luck & happy computing!
edited 2x to add links.

Spinning beachballs, slow machines, and vanishing free RAM

I have a tale to tell and a question at the end.
I have an iBook G4, running OS10.3.9. I have been using it without major problems for over a year. I have over 9 G of free disk space.
About a month ago, with no apparent cause, I became afflicted with the spinning beach ball of death. This would happen usually after I had been using the machine for a few hours and had three or four major applications running: iTunes, Word, Entourage, and Safari, say. The machine would become unresponsive. The beach ball would appear for virtually every mouse click. At its worst, it could take three minutes or more for the machine to respond to a command. Once in this state, even quitting applications did not significantly increase speed. Usually a restart did, but not always.
The affliction was unpredictable. I could go several days without a problem, and then, bingo, I’m in the molasses again.
What did I do? I updated my anti-virus software and gave a scan — no problems found. I checked for updates for my various applications and for the operating system. Suspecting Entourage, which has been prone to slowness, I rebuilt its database. I think I rebuilt my desktop, too. I ran Disk Utility and fixed permissions — no improvement. I ran Tech Tool — no problems found. I ran MacJanitor — no improvement. I ran Activity Monitor to see if the CPU was tied up. No, it wasn’t. Was the RAM overloaded? I only had 256 M, and it was basically fully allocated most of the time. I had significant numbers of page-outs. The green wedge of free RAM on the Activity Monitor pie chart was just a sliver.
So, I installed another 512 M of RAM. This seems to have helped. But to my surprise it hasn’t completely cured the problem.
I keep Activity Monitor running and set its icon in the dock to show RAM use. At the beginning of the day, maybe 70 percent of the RAM is green (free). After I start my usual round of applications, the green slice drops to say 40 percent.
Now here is the odd thing: the amount of green will shrink during the day. There seems to be a ratchet effect going on. When I start an application, the amount of free RAM shrinks. When I quit the application, some of the free RAM comes back, but not all of it. Also, the amount of free RAM may shrink even if I do nothing at all — if I just go for a break and come back to my machine a while later.
Right now, it is late in the day. I am back to a sliver of green on the RAM chart. I have tried restarting my computer. Instead of the 70 percent green wedge I expected, it came right back to a nearly fully allocated RAM. If I try to switch between apps or start a new app, or even copy something to the clipboard, I may get a beach ball for five to twenty seconds — or I may not. It's unpredictable.
Another odd thing: The amount of memory listed as in use by various processes in Activity Monitor does not add up to the amount of memory shown as in use on the pie chart. The sum of the memory listed in use is lower than the amount shown in use on the pie chart.
So what is going on? Is this just bad memory management by OSX? Has my machine’s RAM been taken over by aliens? Or is it something else? And is there a cure?
Thanks for any help.
- Ken
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

An update -- and hopefully a root cause and solution.
The maintenance task that seemed to free up the RAM was rebuilding the locate database, one of the weekly tasks that MacJanitor or OnyX will do on request. Why it worked, I don't know. It seemed to reduce the amount of assigned but inactive RAM.
It was only a temporary fix though. The amount of free RAM would begin to slowly drop after the task was done, and within a few hours it would be almost gone again.
Yesterday afternoon, the spinning beachball returned with a vengance. This time, however, it appeared while over half the RAM was free. Tasks shown in Activity Monitor, particularly window servers, began to hang.
I repaired permissions. No improvement. I ran Disk Utility from the start-up disk. It found problems on the hard drive that it could not repair. I ran Tech Tool from its CD. The hard drive failed Tech Tool's write and read buffer tests and had flaws in its directory. Tech Tool repaired the directory. I rebooted OS X, and the machine still had the slows. I backed up key data. I ran Tech Tool again from the CD. This time the disk passed the read and write buffer tests, but the directory was rotten again.
I repaired the directory and did an Archive and Install of the operating system. When the machine restarted, I ran Software Update. It downloaded 8 files. When it tried to then read them on the disk and install them, every one of them was corrupted.
Cut to punchline: I took the machine to an Apple Store today and they diagnosed a bad hard drive. I suspect that an infrequent intermittent disk error, worse in the afternoons when the machine was warm, was the source of the problems from the beginning. Yesterday, the disk failure became more frequent. By today, the disk was basically useless.
Thank you, Andrew at the Apple Genius Bar. Thank you, makers of external hard drives that make frequent back-ups easy. Back up your data, friends. Hard drives can fail.
iBook G4 Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Too small free ram on nokia e72

i got too small free ram on my nokia e72 (about 30 mb free ram), i can't make a full multy tasking on my e72 device,.. Anybody have same trouble..??? Let's nokia solving it in new firmware

Hi agus_ependi,
Welcome to the Nokia discussion boards!
It may be so that you are running out of memory on the phone memory because you may have installed applications and saved media onto this drive. Try saving and installing these onto the mass memory or memory card because this will free up vital phone memory that your E72 needs.
Let us know how you get on.
Regards,
haZey
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E72: Low free RAM is a HUGE HUGE HUGE BUG!

HI 2 everybody.
I bought an E72 some days ago, and I really suprised about the product quality. Of course, in this case "quality" means some things very good, and some things VERY bad. But the problem is, in this case, bad things.
WHY IN THE HELL E72 HAS SO LOW FREE RAM?
It's incredible, I remember N95-1. The main difference is N95-1 had 64MB, E72 doubles that! I cannot believe that after booting up, the phone left only 28MB out of 128! I cannot load 2 big programs simultaneously, because the OS crash at any moment because of low free memory. I never had this problem with my "oldie but goodie" E71. And I'm surprised that, after 2 firmware revisions, Nokia doesn't solve the problem! Why??? It's so difficult to unload many unused processes? Is so difficult to activate some type of virtual memory? AFAIK, N95-1had virtual memory. And, by the way: why E71 doesn't come with 192 or 256MB RAM???
Now, knowing the fact that Nokia doesn't want to solve this issue, well... Anyone has trying or tried to solve that? Any Symbian expert? Perhaps killing unused or annoying processes?
Thanks a lot.
Nokia: IT'S A SHAME!

To the OP, its not a bug, but a total failure of the development process. Its quite pathetic that even the E63 has 70MB free after startup while the E72 has only 40MB.
As soon as you load any WWW page the thing flunks.
So apart from using it as a tether device to my laptop the E72 is a failure as any sort of net enabled phone ... compared to my E63 (and yes I have both) its speed only helps you to hit dead ends faster

FREE RAM XP PRO for MAC?

Just wondering if there is anything similiar to the PC program FreeRAM for Macs?
This is a program that automatically or manually restores wasted RAM but I think that it only runs on Windows.
thanks,
frank

Hello,
Those types of programs have been available for PC's and Macs for years (though I don't know of any current version for OS X).
In short, every one that has ever been released has later been proven to fail to accomplish what it claimed. Most of them, actually decrease the amount of free RAM (at minimum by the amount of space required for the controlling program). But, at best, no real benefit has been proven.
I've tinkered with a few several years ago, and it turned-out to be artificial gains. No real gains. Just perceived benefits and no real actual memory savings / increase. Often, the computer would report more memory available, but in truth that wasn't the case.
I would personally recommend staying away from such programs. Every time one has hit main-stream popularity, there was a mad rush mere months later to find a way to get rid of it.
You will not be doing yourself any favors installing such programs.
Aside from that, there has not yet been a memory management system released yet that surpasses OS X's management yet.
I hope this helps.

Logical : paging out memory to disk.

Hi,
We have to reorg the table in production and so I tried to test in test database but everytime I issue move command , logical apply get stopped with error " paging out memory to disk". I tried to increare SGA and allocated more memory for LCR but think this is not a proper solution.
Can you guys suggest me any better way ? or do you think shall I use skip handler??
Thanks so much!

Hello,
Just re opening this thread since I am getting the same error in one my databases. DB version is 11.2.0.3 and my OS is RHEL 5, X86-64. My ulimit is set to "unlimited" for oracle user. I am seeing the following error and session is being terminated.
ORA-04030: out of process memory when trying to allocate 16408 bytes (QERHJ hash-joi,QERHJ Bit vector)
More info from incident files. Any hints will be appreciated. Thanks.
========= Dump for incident 360697 (ORA 4030) ========
----- Beginning of Customized Incident Dump(s) -----
=======================================
TOP 10 MEMORY USES FOR THIS PROCESS
*** 2012-12-04 14:29:30.744
52% 2719 MB, 1991346 chunks: "permanent memory "
qmxdGetChildNo ds=0x2ab9c31d9620 dsprt=0x2ab9c302dcd0
37% 1950 MB, 663782 chunks: "free memory "
qmxdGetChildNo ds=0x2ab9c31d9620 dsprt=0x2ab9c302dcd0
2% 111 MB, 2897152 chunks: "qmxdplsArrayGetNI1 "
qmxdpls_subhea ds=0x2ab8725ba6d0 dsprt=0x2ab86dbc27c0
2% 111 MB, 2897152 chunks: "qmxdplsArrayNI0 "
qmxdpls_subhea ds=0x2ab8725ba6d0 dsprt=0x2ab86dbc27c0
2% 101 MB, 29363 chunks: "permanent memory "
qmxlu subheap ds=0x2ab9c3031d10 dsprt=0x2ab8725ba6d0
2% 101 MB, 663782 chunks: "qmxdGetChildNodes-subheap "
qmxdpls_nodeli ds=0x2ab9c302dcd0 dsprt=0x2ab8725ba6d0
1% 59 MB, 3787 chunks: "pl/sql vc2 " PL/SQL
koh-kghu call ds=0x2ab86e1d23b0 dsprt=0xbb07ca0
1% 52 MB, 17734 chunks: "permanent memory "
ds=0x2ab9c3034780 dsprt=0x2ab8725ba6d0
1% 34 MB, 466 chunks: "free memory "
pga heap ds=0xbb07ca0 dsprt=(nil)
0% 23 MB, 1462 chunks: "pmucalm coll " PL/SQL
koh-kghu call ds=0x2ab86e1a11a0 dsprt=0xbb07ca0
=======================================
PRIVATE MEMORY SUMMARY FOR THIS PROCESS
PRIVATE HEAP SUMMARY DUMP
5454 MB total:
5420 MB commented, 635 KB permanent
34 MB free (31 MB in empty extents),
5335 MB, 1 heap: "session heap " 60 KB free held
==========================================
INSTANCE-WIDE PRIVATE MEMORY USAGE SUMMARY
Dumping Work Area Table (level=1)
=====================================
Global SGA Info
global target: 4096 MB
auto target: 256 MB
max pga: 819 MB
pga limit: 1638 MB
pga limit known: 0
pga limit errors: 0
pga inuse: 6581 MB
pga alloc: 7038 MB
pga freeable: 276 MB
pga freed: 2000919 MB
pga to free: 0 %
broker request: 0
pga auto: 20 MB
pga manual: 0 MB
pga alloc (max): 10338 MB
pga auto (max): 1039 MB
pga manual (max): 0 MB
# workareas : 0
# workareas(max): 80
================================
PER-PROCESS PRIVATE MEMORY USAGE
Private memory usage per Oracle process
Top 10 processes:
(percentage is of 7038 MB total allocated memory)
78% pid 81: 5420 MB used of 5457 MB allocated <= CURRENT PROC
7% pid 176: 300 MB used of 486 MB allocated (185 MB freeable)
1% pid 42: 48 MB used of 55 MB allocated (5952 KB freeable)
1% pid 36: 41 MB used of 44 MB allocated
1% pid 38: 41 MB used of 44 MB allocated (1088 KB freeable)
1% pid 41: 41 MB used of 44 MB allocated (1088 KB freeable)
1% pid 20: 10 MB used of 42 MB allocated (30 MB freeable)
0% pid 44: 5570 KB used of 33 MB allocated (1600 KB freeable)
0% pid 10: 28 MB used of 31 MB allocated (2304 KB freeable)
0% pid 73: 24 MB used of 26 MB allocated (1280 KB freeable)

Did they take out the free section, you know where they might offer a free episode/song/video/etc in one spot (or at least did they for Canada)? I can find the english song of the week, but that is it...

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Nevermind. For some reason it loaded wrong/poorly/? It was back after I closed itunes down and re-opened it.
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MacBook Pro being really slow and vert little free RAM.

Hi,
Just recently my MacBook Pro has been running really slowly when navigating between applications and tabs in safari. I checked to see how much RAM was free and it said only 30MB. I have no more apps open or things running than I normally do. This Mac is 6 months old but my old mac that was nearly 3 years old tended to run quicker, and as mentioned, I have no more apps running than I previously had. Maybe Word, Excel, iTunes and Safari. Can anyone help explain what might be making it slow and what might be hogging all the RAM?
Thanks
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I ran the Etrereport and this is what i got back.
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
          1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 18 days 11:12:23
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                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (298.86 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS41N
USB Information:
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          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
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Kernel Extensions:
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                    Last backup: 2014-02-12 17:21:07 +0000
                    Size of backup disk: Too small
                              Backup size 465.44 GB < (Disk used 186.63 GB X 3)
          Time Machine details may not be accurate.
          All volumes being backed up may not be listed.
Top Processes by CPU:
              17%          mds
               9%          WindowServer
               2%          EtreCheck
               2%          Dock
               2%          Finder
Top Processes by Memory:
          156 MB          Finder
          90 MB          iTunes
          86 MB          systemstats
          70 MB          Safari
          66 MB          mds_stores
Virtual Memory Information:
          1.02 GB          Free RAM
          1.13 GB          Active RAM
          492 MB          Inactive RAM
          740 MB          Wired RAM
          8.67 GB          Page-ins
          729 MB          Page-outs

Adobe Photoshop CS3 & Paging Out (Screengrabs)

I have a 2x 2.66 Dual Core Intel Xeon mac with 5GB of RAM. Running latest OSX. Lately, have been noticing slowdowns and, when using the Terminal, have been seeing a lot of Pageouts.
For the screengrabs below, I had a fresh restart, and opened 5 layered Photoshop files in Photoshop each at about 100MB in size (dragged from Finder, not using Bridge -- Bridge was not open). As they opened, the Pageouts remained at zero. Right after they all finished opening, I saw the pageouts steadily climb to the number in the screengrab. I wasn't doing any other activity... and the number just kept climbing, and then stopped.
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=13SIrCYj6pckPmlFBsnxe6yOL2VRT0
Also is a screengrab of my Photoshop performance settings. Is this common behavior? Suggestions on some remedies to try? Thanks.
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1RkddaYyrEVnGaPMyuxF4JhBG3YgI1

Ann,
Thanks for the link. Lots of good information & housekeeping tricks to try there.
Buko,
My scratch disk is barely touched. I watch it and it barely takes a hit. It works fine and is proportional to my needs. I'll experiment with it. Are you referring to a FAQ in the forums? I'm willing to read it, although there's mixed messages out there re: RAM and scratch. I don't contest the need for a scratch, but RAM is key to efficiency...
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb401089&sliceId=2
Installed RAM
The amount of memory Photoshop requires depends on how you use the program. If memory is insufficient, Photoshop uses hard-drive space (that is, a scratch disk) to process information. Photoshop is fastest when it can process all or most image information in memory, without having to use the scratch disk. Watch the Efficiency Indicator to determine if you are operating as efficiently as possible.
To check memory use in Photoshop, open the Efficiency Indicator: Choose Efficiency from the pop-up menu on the status bar of your image to display the percentage of time actually doing an operation instead of reading or writing the scratch disk. If the value is below 95-100%, Photoshop is using the scratch disk and, therefore, is operating more slowly. If the efficiency is around 60%, you'll see a large performance increase by changing your RAM allocation or adding RAM.

Out of free space?

I had 400mb of free space. I added one new music album and wanted to sync. I get a message no photos are synced (the 20mb i had on it were gone) because i'm out of free space. After syncing, the info says i still have 365 mb of free space. I sync again, wanting to get my pictures back on the device, but get same message telling me not enough space. But i do have enough! What's wrong?

I think it's something to do with the recent 3.1 upgrade - did you download and install that? I haven't found a solution yet but it appears to be listing my entire music library as "other" now and so I can't use the space I've got. It's really weird.

Query to find out the free disk space on C: drive

Hi Guys,
I am trying to create a query in Queries section under Monitoring, To find out the free disk space of C: drive.
Am using the below query, but it shows lot many fields, I need only Machine names of the collection and their
Free Disk Space on C: drive
select * from SMS_R_System inner join SMS_G_System_LOGICAL_DISK on SMS_G_System_LOGICAL_DISK.ResourceId = SMS_R_System.ResourceId where SMS_G_System_LOGICAL_DISK.DeviceID = "C:" and SMS_G_System_LOGICAL_DISK.FreeSpace > 1024
Please assist

The SELECT part of the query will govern what fields you are shown, so perhaps try:
Select SMS_R_System.ResourceID, SMS_R_System.NETBIOSname, SMS_G_System_Logical_Disk.FreeSpace
from SMS_R_System
inner join SMS_G_System_LOGICAL_DISK on SMS_G_System_LOGICAL_DISK.ResourceId = SMS_R_System.ResourceId
where SMS_G_System_LOGICAL_DISK.DeviceID = "C:" and SMS_G_System_LOGICAL_DISK.FreeSpace > 1024
I hope that helps,
Nash
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How can I know the amount of free RAM when my VI is running?

I need to know the amount of free RAM when my VI is running.

If you are using Windows NT/2000/XP, monitoring free memory is very easy. Simply right click on the task bar and open the Task Manager. Click on the Performance tab, and you'll be able to monitor the physical memory total and available on your PC.
If you are using Windows 9X, you will have to add some optional resources. Open Control Panel, then select Add/Remove Programs. Click on the Windows Setup Tab, and select System Tools, then click the Details... button. Check the boxes to install System Monitor and System Resource Meter. Click OK, and you will be prompted for your Windows CD. Insert the CD and Windows will add the monitoring tools. You can then use them to watch your free resources.

[Logical Standby] Which table/SQL caused paging-out

We have a Primary-Logical DR configuration.
Recently, it has a problem with the logical: it's continuously paging out data from some transactions:
SELECT SUBSTR(name, 1, 40) AS NAME, SUBSTR(value,1,32) AS VALUE FROM GV$LOGSTDBY_STATS;
number of preparers     3
number of appliers     18
maximum SGA for LCR cache     4095
parallel servers in use     24
maximum events recorded     1000000
preserve commit order     TRUE
transaction consistency     FULL
record skip errors     Y
record skip DDL     Y
record applied DDL     N
record unsupported operations     Y
coordinator state     IDLE
transactions ready     7
transactions applied     0
coordinator uptime     9646
realtime logmining     Y
apply delay     0
Log Miner session ID     1
txns delivered to client     1068651
DML txns delivered     1017135
DDL txns delivered     15
CTAS txns delivered     0
Recursive txns delivered     51501
Rolled back txns seen     23463
LCRs delivered to client     11682189
bytes of redo processed     14475529508
bytes paged out     1482524624
seconds spent in pageout     8922
bytes checkpointed     0
seconds spent in checkpoint     0
bytes rolled back     7500032
seconds spent in rollback     90
seconds system is idle     0
SELECT SID, SERIAL#, SPID, TYPE, HIGH_SCN, STATUS_CODE, STATUS
FROM GV$LOGSTDBY_PROCESS
ORDER BY TYPE, SPID;
ANALYZER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
APPLIER     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
BUILDER     16243     ORA-16243: paging out 4752 bytes of memory to disk
COORDINATOR     16116     ORA-16116: no work available
PREPARER     16127     ORA-16127: stalled waiting for additional transactions to be applied
PREPARER     16127     ORA-16127: stalled waiting for additional transactions to be applied
PREPARER     16127     ORA-16127: stalled waiting for additional transactions to be applied
READER     16127     ORA-16127: stalled waiting for additional transactions to be applied
select xidusn, xidslt, xidsqn, count(*) from system.logmnr_spill$
group by xidusn, xidslt, xidsqn;
996     46     249     254
710     37     838     825
623     3     706     254
478     7     42564     254
765     38     649     824
42     6     415494     3729
264     35     4817     3738
How can we identify the table/SQL to skip & instantiate it later so the logical DB will not being lag far behind.
Thank you.

Hi,
Best way to find SQL is to mine the current archive log getting applied on standby and check for the SQL, you might not get the exact SQL, but you will get the object which is getting updated.
Or
You can use AWR report from logical standby of this time to find the update statement which is resource extensive.
There is no way to find the exact SQL on primary which is causing the issue on standby.
Regards
Anudeep

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