What is SWAPS

[Former Member]

Hello Gurus

Can Anybody Tell Me What is the Term SWAP Means ?

A Brief Description About SWAP

And Why it is showing Red when we perform T-code - ST02

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Hi,

SWAP is the amount of page space available at OS level.In case of windows it should not be more than 4 times the ram and in case of Unix 3 times the raam.If swap or paging is configured high is the paging rate and low is the performance..If there is no more free directory entries are available in the buffer for new objects, old objects are removed and the space is occupied by new objects thus a swapping takes place ie some buffer content is removed from the buffer and replaced by new buffer contents. HIgh swap is normally a symptom of memory bottleneck.

Red indicate swaps are to be avoided. and indicate that there might be a bottleneck.

Hope this helps.

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi Shishir,

See if this link serves ur purpose:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/bc/4a813b680c250fe10000000a114084/content.htm

Thanks

Ravijeet

[Former Member]

this one is also posted in SAP on Windows and answered there.

please close.

SWAPS refered by ST02 are not related to OS paging/swaping

[Former Member]

Hi,

Have a look on http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/02/9625e3538111d1891b0000e8322f96/content.htm.

Notes 117907

Regards

Vinod