This is a VM running W2K8 Ent. 64 bit operating system. The application is oracle.
The total memory on the VM is 8 GB. The task manager shows Physical Memory: 92%
Looking at the performance through virtual center, the Consumed memory measurement shows an average of 7.6 GB.
The Active measurement shows an average of 1.7 GB
Why is there such a big difference between the two metrics?