Deciding when to create a memory dump

Because of the complex interactions between these address spaces, it is difficult to determine exactly where the source of the problem lies without a dump of the associated address spaces.

Omission of any interrelated address space adds to the possibility that the dump might not be sufficient to solve the problem.

The time that is required to produce the dump must be weighed against the possibility that there might not be sufficient data to solve the problem, adding to the possibility that the problem could recur.