NO, I mean the bar is at 30%, and 70% of RAM is unused. To me, this is odd, when response time almost null, the entire system is very slow. During these periods I've seen 5 minutes go by between "HELLO" and the first colon prompt.

>>> Kelly Tomlinson <[log in to unmask]> 04/06 2:19 PM >>>
I might be wrong but...  During peak time when it is at 30% doesn't that
mean you have 30% available or left?  That is the way I read it.

-Kelly


-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Anderson [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 2:12 PM
To: [log in to unmask] 
Subject: Not enough RAM


I can't get any more RAM, so 100 to 150 users are forced to
share 256Mb of RAM, on a 979 ks100. My question is really
about something GLANCE is showing me. First of all, on the
global screen the memory bar is  normally 99% to 100%. I see
this as a good thing, because it means the MM is utilizing all
available RAM.  During peak usage the memory bar goes
down, sometimes as low as 30%, and no F's (Cached files).

When all the masses logoff and go home, and one or two jobs
rule the machine, then the memory bar goes back to 99% and
the FF's return.

Does this mean when the machine is very busy that memory
isn't managed properly, is swap space configured incorrectly?

Is file caching something I can configure?

What areas of the system configuration should I be looking at?

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Michael Anderson
Student Services Programmer/Analyst
Spring Independent School District, Houston, Texas, 77090
281.586.1105