n Simple to implement--adopted by many OS (like
Unix SVR4)
n A list of free frames is maintained
u when a process issues a page fault, a free frame
(from this list) is allocated to it
u Hence the number of frames allocated to a page
fault process increases
u The choice for the process that will loose a frame
is arbitrary: far from optimal
n Page buffering can alleviate this problem since
a page may be reclaimed if it is referenced again
soon