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Date:	Sun, 13 Jan 2002 12:41:35 PST7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: RAM

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Dave Watson wrote:
>
> I used a simple memory monitor for Warp years ago
> when memory was more expensive. Look at Hobbes
> in pub/os2/utils and you'll find a few.
>
> An easy indicator is watching the disk light. If you have lots
> of disk activity, that's a sign the system might be doing a lot
> of paging and you might improve performance with more
> RAM. If it's fairly quiet, you probably have enough.

I have SwapMon in my Startup folder. It has a simple bar graph that
shows if the swap file has grown and you could use some more RAM.

ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/disk/swpm035.zip

To see the Hobbes utility directory that Dave mentioned,

http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/disk/

- Peter

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