M.P.A.  --   Memory Performance Analyzer
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                      (C) Copyright 1988 by
                   Rand P. Hall and M.P.Gerlek
                       All Rights Reserved


                 21-Mar-88 : v1.0  (initial test)

 Designed by:  Rand P. Hall                 Coded by:  M.P.Gerlek
               910 Riverside Drive                     2 Robinson Drive
               Methuen, MA 01844 USA                   Bedford, MA  01730 USA


             "All lovers swear more performance
                than they are able,
              And yet reserve an ability
                that they never perform."
                          - William Shakespeare,
                            "Troilus and Cressida" (III,ii,89)


MPA - Directions
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How MPA works.

MPA is designed to assist you in maximizing the performance of your memory
subsystem.  MPA performs both the collection and analyzation parts of the
tuning process.  MPA has an internally defined set of rules.  It collects the
data necessary to analyze the rules and then after analyzing them it explains
the problems it found and suggests ways to eliminate the problem.

MPA has two different sets of rules.  The first set analyzes the composition of
the portion of memory occupied by the operating system.  If too large this
portion of memory will take away memory that could be used by user processes.
If too small the operating system could start paging itself out of memory
degrading the performance of all processes.  MPA attempts to optimize the size
of system-occupied memory with its type 1 (aka "SVASS", system virtual
address space sizer) rules. We have found that Autogen typically makes  non-
paged pool much too large. Rules of type 1 correct this. We've witnessedd
savings of .25 - .5MB on the systems we've tested this on.

MPA's type 2 ("MPAP") rules attempt to optimize the way the operating system
manages its memory.  VMS' memory management system can be tailored to react in
certain ways to certain situations, hence it can be altered to react favorably
to your particular work load.  MPA analyzes your work load and the way memory
management currently functions and suggests ways to tailor memory management to
your system's environment for maximum output.