Swapping memory is relatively fast unless the OS needs to constantly incremetally grow the swap file. Above, I have mentioned to make sure the swapfile does not need to be dynamically resized.
Here is a relevant aplication note: <a href= http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/3efedde4322fef19862567740067f3cc/9c654bf862c049c786256cc4005ea4ad?OpenDocument><b>How Can Virtual Memory Help With Memory Issues in LabVIEW?</b></a> An excellent writeup on issues related to dealing with large data sets is the following document: <a href=http://zone.ni.com/devzone/conceptd.nsf/webmain/6A56C174EABA7BBD86256E58005D9712?opendocument><b>Managing Large Data Sets in LabVIEW</b></a>. This is certainly something you should read.
