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Advanced Techniques To Measure The Memory Component

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Why Do We Need <strong>To</strong> <strong>Measure</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>Memory</strong> <strong>Component</strong>?<br />

<strong>To</strong> answer that, let’s take a step back and understand some basic<br />

memory terminology<br />

I get asked this question all the time – What is a fault?<br />

Here is a great definition one of my mentors gave me years ago:<br />

A fault occurs when a virtual address is referenced, but it is not in main storage.<br />

When a fault occurs, a job will stop dead in its tracks and wait for an I/O, and by<br />

definition, it is a synchronous I/O.

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