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[ Only using 15MB of process space ]

DG>    If you are using 15MB of virtual memory then over time the system can
DG> potentially page out a large part of that in favor of file caching.

Is there any way we can wire down the maximum percentage of memory used
by the sytem for file caching, ala the old way of specifying 10% of
memory for caching, except that this would be an upper limit?


Nate