Re:

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> 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).


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BTW, you might want to get/run the free RAMUSAGE program
from our web site: http://www.allegro.com/software/#RAMUSAGE

Sample run:


RAMUSAGE [2.42] - LPS Toolbox [A.07a]       (c) 1995 Lund Performance Solutions


SERIES 968RX
MPE/iX 6.0
#CPUS: 1
Memory size: 256 MB (268,435,456 bytes; 65,536 4KB pages)

Memory usage by "type" of Object Class:

       Class     #LogicalPages  #MB  % total
   ------------- -------------  ---  -------
   SYSTEM_CODE           5,172   20     7.9%
   SYSTEM_DATA          33,084  129    50.5%
   TURBO_DATA                1    0     0.0%
   USER_CODE             8,838   34    13.5%
   USER_DATA             1,570    6     2.4%
   USER_STACK            2,334    9     3.6%
   USER_FILE            14,536   56    22.2%

   Totals:              65,535   255   100.0%

   "User" pages are  41.6% of memory (107 MB out of 256 MB)

If you added:
       64 MB, you'd have   1.6 times as much "User" memory.  ( 320 total MB)
      128 MB, you'd have   2.2 times as much "User" memory.  ( 384 total MB)
      192 MB, you'd have   2.8 times as much "User" memory.  ( 448 total MB)
      256 MB, you'd have   3.4 times as much "User" memory.  ( 512 total MB)

This report is a small subset of the data provided  by PAGES, one of the
utilities in the Toolboxes from Lund Performance Solutions.
Lund Performance Solutions can be reached at (541) 926-3800.


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