[259] in winnt
Is My Machine Afraid to Commit? (Memory...)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Kaynor)
Fri Nov 13 17:18:19 1998
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1998 17:17:44 -0500
To: ntpartners@MIT.EDU
From: Bob Kaynor <bkaynor@MIT.EDU>
Norton Utilities for NT has a "System Doctor" function which allows you to
track the use of, among other things, something called "Commit Memory".
Neither the Norton docs nor Microsoft references (e.g. the Resource Kit)
say much about what this really is, but when it gets low, the System Doctor
suggests increasing my paging file size (System control panel, Performance
tab) or closing applications and open windows.
I've been running out of CM a lot lately. My paging file is set to 100MB -
200 MB (which seems excessive). I currently have 64 MB RAM installed (Dell
GX1). Even if the Norton alert doesn't mean much, it becomes painfully
obvious that *something* is going on because performance on this 333MHz PII
system goes in the toilet. Do I really have to install 128 MB on this
sucker to keep it happy? Tell me it ain't so!
-RKK
