explanation of prstat output

Dear All,

Pls explain to me in details

1. what you mean by the total virtual memory size of the process ?

2. resident set size of the process?

3. difference between cpu state and run state ?

these all the outputs of prstat command

Since iam new to solaris ,I require your help in detail

Thanks in advance

Regards

Yogesh

[383 byte] By [sungoya] at [2007-11-26 22:39:25]

# 1

Virtual Size, or "Size" - the amount of memory allocated by the process.

Resident, or "RSS" - the amount of resident memory, aka memory that can't be swaped.

The CPU state is simply if the process is sleeping (not doing anything) waiting to get CPU (running) time or currently on the CPU.

.7/M.

mAbrantea at 2007-7-10 11:52:16 >

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