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Most modern operating systems try write the contents of the physical memory to the page file at the first good opportunity (well before it's needed) in order to
by DrJokepu 14y ago
Most modern operating systems try write the contents of the physical memory to the page file at the first good opportunity (well before it's needed) in order to save time when the page is actually paged out, so it's perfectly normal to have a page file that is at least as large as your physical memory.
- wmf 14y agoAFAIK VMS and NT behave that way but Linux is much lazier. Especially if your swap is dynamically allocated (as in OS X) you don't want to swap out unless there is actual memory pressure.