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# sk106297 - "Virtual memory used" section of "fw ctl pstat" output on VSX is limited to 4014 MB

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk106297 |
| Date Created | 2015-06-03 |
| Last Modified | 2017-12-30 |
| Technical Level | Advanced |
| Products | Security Gateway, Hardware |
| Versions | R82.10, R82, R81.20, Not Version-Specific |
| OS | Gaia |

## Symptoms

- Output of "*fw ctl pstat* " command executed in the context of a Virtual System shows "*Virtual memory used* " is limited - "*out of 4014 MB*".

*Example*:

```

[Expert@VSX:0]# vsenv 2
Context is set to Virtual Device VSX-1_VS_2 (ID 2).

[Expert@VSX:2]# fw ctl pstat

Virtual System Capacity Summary:
  Physical memory used:  22% (677 MB out of 3052 MB) - below watermark
  Kernel   memory used:   5% (170 MB out of 2950 MB) - below watermark
  Virtual memory used: 15% (605 MB out of 4014 MB) - below watermark
     Used: 61 MB by FW, 544 MB by zeco
  Concurrent Connections: 0% (0 out of 14900) - below watermark
  Aggressive Aging is disabled
... ... ...
```

## Cause

FWK processes are 32-bit. Therefore, they are only able to work with up to 4GB of memory.

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