Why does my mac have page outs when I have inactive memory?

Posted by Chace Fields on Super User See other posts from Super User or by Chace Fields
Published on 2012-12-01T03:44:27Z Indexed on 2012/12/01 5:07 UTC
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From what I've read, page outs are a sign that you don't have enough RAM. I have also read that if you have inactive memory available, then the machine will use that memory when starting up new programs.

I have about 2GB of inactive memory and very little available memory. Once this happens, my page outs go up. Why is this and do I need more memory?

I have 8GB of RAM. I'm running VMware Fusion 5 with 2GB allotted to Windows 8.

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