sort causes page faults on server machine

[Guest JÅns MÁrtin SchlÁttÅr]

We have a win 2003 server which is accessed by multiple clients

(around 10) by RDP.

The machine has 4GB memory.

When we start a SAS sort, the performance monitor shows a lot of page

faults, but the machine has still 2GB memory available.

 

Why does a process experience page faults when there is plenty of

memory free?

 

Martin