i dont know the version of vmstat,
but i am using OSF1 unix.
The thing i want to learn is,
it is writing to where (to swap space or what?)
and i want to learn about unit?
(number of blocks, number of pages, bytes????)
and what kind of information does it provide?

vmstat -p:
2003160 VM TOT iowrites 14058172 VM TOT pgwrites