AIX - Paging Space

AIX - Paging Space

Paging space is configured for additional system performance i.e. if real memory is occupies some system process, that time further process is moved to paging space temporary. If real memory getting free, then process moved from paging space to real memory. This paging space is assigned from HDD space.

Normally paging space is configured double size of the real memory

If system has 512MB RAM, then paging space size will be 1BG.



In this paging space we can perform following:

1. List paging space
2. Create paging space
3. Change paging space
4. Activate paging space
5. Deactivate paging space
6. Remove paging space