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Operating Systems Solaris understanding the prstat log
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Old 01-28-2009
The algorithm can be found at line 412 in Cross Reference: /onnv/onnv-gate/usr/src/cmd/prstat/prstat.c

No random computing there ...
# 9  
Old 01-28-2009
Hey thanks for the link.

But I am new to programming and unable to understand it.

All I want to know is on which basis is the prstat logs showing the RSS SIZE and MEMORY values?
# 10  
Old 01-29-2009
Prstat is adding individual processes RAM and swap usage which generally works but might be inaccurate. You are probably in the case described in the prstat manual page:

Quote:
Originally Posted by man prstat
The total memory size reported in the SWAP and RSS columns for groups of processes can sometimes overestimate the actual amount of memory used by processes with shared memory segments.
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