OS Virtual Memory & Thrashing Lab

OPERATING SYSTEMS
Manage page tables, handle page faults, and mitigate disk thrashing to optimize OS virtual memory performance.

System Standby

Click 'Power On' to boot the OS Memory Manager.

RAM Hits
0
Page Faults
0
CPU Temp
45°C

Virtual Memory System

Your PC only has 3 slots of fast Physical RAM. To run more apps, the Operating System uses the Hard Drive as an overflow "Swap File".

Moving data between RAM and Disk is called Paging. Let's see how mechanical disk speeds affect performance.

Diagnostics

NO SIGNAL

Data Bus Queue

Video Editor
Web Browser
Music Player

Physical RAM List

SLOT_0
SLOT_1
SLOT_2

PAGEFILE.SYS

Mech.Drive
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