> If you are seeing large amounts of virtual memory being used then > Yes, you are low on physical memory. A common misconception (unfortunately), but virtual memory is NOT the same as swapped out memory. What you want to look for is the number of pageins/pageouts and the amount of swapped memory. That's an indication of being low on physical memory. If you are seeing large amounts of VIRTUAL memory being used in combination with small amounts of real memory, it only means you are using a very nice operating system, because that's the amount of memory you would have used without dynamic libraries, shared text segments etc etc. That's why it's called virtual. It's the amount of memory the application thinks it's using (which does INCLUDE swapped out memory). > the system has to turn to swap space (virtual memory) We really need to get this myth out of the world. Can it be added to the FAQ? :o) Maurits.