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Date:      Thu, 21 Dec 1995 10:30:46 -0600 (CST)
From:      Joe Greco <jgreco@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
To:        mbarkah@hemi.com (Ade Barkah)
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Need more memory?
Message-ID:  <199512211630.KAA29414@brasil.moneng.mei.com>
In-Reply-To: <199512210108.SAA10030@hemi.com> from "Ade Barkah" at Dec 20, 95 06:08:20 pm

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> > What is a good indication of when you need to add ram.
> 
> The best indicator might be to monitor the `vmstat' utility. 
> The two parameters to glance at are "avm" (active virtual pages) 
> and "fre" (the size of the free list.)

Hey, now, that's a well thought out description, well written....  Can we
get this added to the FreeBSD handbook/whatever?

... Joe

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