From http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2267427
Monitoring RAM and Virtual Memory usage
Performance Monitor is the principle tool for monitoring system performance and identifying what the bottleneck really is. To start Performance Monitor, open Control Panel, clickPerformance Information and Tools, click Advanced Tools, and then click Open Performance Monitor.
The following is a summary of some important counters and what they tell you.
Memory, Committed Bytes: This is a measure of the demand for virtual memory. It shows how many bytes have been allocated by processes and to which the operating system has committed a RAM page frame or a page slot in the pagefile (or both). As Committed Bytes grows above the available RAM, paging increases, and the amount of the pagefile in use also increases. At some point, paging activity starts to significantly affect perceived performance.
Process, Working Set, _Total: This is a measure of the amount of virtual memory in "active" use. It shows how much RAM is required so that the actively used virtual memory for all processes is in RAM. This is always a multiple of 4,096, which is the page size used in Windows. As demand for virtual memory increases above the available RAM, the operating system adjusts the size of virtual memory in the Working Set for a process to optimize the use of available RAM and to minimize paging.
Paging File, %pagefile in use: This is a measure of how much of the pagefile is actually being used. This is the counter you should use to determine whether the pagefile is an appropriate size. If this counter reaches 100, the pagefile is completely full and operations stop working. Depending on the volatility of your workload, you probably want to set the pagefile large enough so that no more than 50 to 75 percent of it is used. If a large part of the pagefile is in use, having more than one pagefile on different physical disks may improve performance.
Memory, Pages/Sec: This is one of the most misunderstood measures. A high value for this counter does not necessarily indicatey that your performance bottleneck is a shortage of RAM. The operating system uses the paging system for purposes other than for swapping pages due to memory over-commitment.
Memory, Pages Output/Sec: This shows how many virtual memory pages were written to the pagefile to free RAM page frames for other purposes each second. This is the best counter to monitor if you suspect that paging is your performance bottleneck. Even if the Committed Bytes value is greater than the installed RAM, a Pages Output/sec value that is low or zero most of the time indicates that there is not a significant performance problem that is caused by not enough RAM.
Memory, Cache Bytes
Memory, Pool Nonpaged Bytes
Memory, Pool Paged Bytes
Memory, System Code Total Bytes
Memory, System Driver Total Bytes
The sum of these counters is a measure of how much of the 2 GB of the shared part of the 4 GB virtual address space is actually in use. Use these counters to determine whether your system is reaching one of the architectural limits discussed above.
Memory, Available MBytes: This measures how much RAM is available to satisfy demands for virtual memory (either new allocations, or for restoring a page from the pagefile). When RAM is in short supply (for example, Committed Bytes is greater than installed RAM), the operating system tries to keep a certain fraction of installed RAM available for immediate use by copying virtual memory pages that are not in active use to the pagefile. For this reason, this counter will not reach zero. Therefore, it is not necessarily a good indication of whether your system is short of RAM.
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