Hi Sinardy, A page fault is when the operating system looks for data in memory and can't find it. The operating system then fetches the data into memory so the next time it is needed, it will be in memory. A certain number of page faults is normal, for instance when an app starts. As it runs longer, the number of page faults shouldn't be increasing substantially. -----Original Message----- From: Sinardy Xing [mailto:SinardyXing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 5:19 AM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Page Faulting Hi all, can someone tell me what is page faulting? thanks Sinardy ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html ----------------------------------------------------------------- "The sender believes that this E-Mail and any attachments were free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the recipient accepts full responsibility for taking proactive and remedial action about viruses and other defects. The sender's business entity is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from this message or its attachments." ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------