[Software dessert] Introduction to the memory usage analysis tool rammap in win7

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From Vista, Microsoft gradually changed the memory usage mode, instead of retaining as much free memory as possible, but using the memory as much as possible to improve system performance. Especially after Windows 7, you can see more than 70% of memory usage on the host.

 

 

So how is so much memory used? We recommend a memory usage analysis tool rammap in win7 today.

 

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Name: rammap

Version: V1.0

Home: http://technet.microsoft.com/zh-cn/sysinternals/ff700229 (En-US). aspx

Author: Windows sysinternals

Size: 549kb

System: Windows Vista/7/2008

Download: http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/RAMMap.zip

Charged or not:Free

Green or not:Green Software

 

 

OK. decompress the package as follows:

 

After running

 

The main interface is similar to the memory analysis tool in "Resource Monitor", but the information displayed is more detailed.

 

The following is a one-to-one view.

[Use count]

A horizontal chart is divided by basic types of active and standby.

Vertical graphs are distinguished by mapped file and shared memory.

 

[Processes]

The detailed usage of each process is displayed here. In particular, the memory allocation size in standby and private.

 

[Priority Summary]

The space occupied by pages with various priorities in standby memory is displayed here.

 

Physical pages]

The memory usage is shown here.

 

[Physical ranges]

Here we can see the memory address allocation.

 

[File Summary]

The following figure shows the approximate information of the pre-loaded file, such as the cache size and the size in use.

 

[File detail]

Here is the detailed information result of the preceding file summary. We can see the size, type, and memory of each file.

 

 

In general, this tool is still professional. To really understand it, you need to learn about Windows Memory Management.

 

References:

Memory sizing guidance for Windows 7

Http://www.windows7update.com/support-files/memorysizingguidancewin7.pdf

Windows 7 memory usage: What's the best way to measure?

Http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/windows-7-memory-usage-whats-the-best-way-to-measure/1786

Microsoft. Press. Windows. internals.5th. Edition: Chapter 9: Memory Management