[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change]

# Memory Management

The amount of memory (RAM) a computer has, and how it is used, can have a large impact on users' experiences when they visit your site. Memory usage also affects processor and disk performance. This section explains how memory, processor, and disk performance are related and provides guidelines about when adding more memory is most effective.

This section contains the following topics:

- About Memory Management: This topic includes conceptual information about memory-related performance issues.
- Estimating Request Traffic: This topic includes procedural information about adjusting settings to balance memory use with response speed.
- Processor Utilization: This topic includes conceptual information about processor bottlenecks and how to improve performance by throttling processes.
- Throttling Processes: This topic includes procedural information on how to throttle processes.

This section does not include information on:

- Performance aspects of creating transactions and isolating applications; see Configuring Applications.
- Tracking Web site traffic; see Logging Site Activity.

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