Is it always required that the pagefile is 1.5 x system memory??

[Guest tlyczko]

Is it possible and reasonable to reduce the pagefile in a server with

4GB RAM (3 GB usable, /3GB switch, Windows Server 2003 Standard) to

2GB from 4GB??

 

What are the performance monitors I need to look at in Performance

Monitor to know how much the pagefile is really being used?? These

servers are for Exchange 2003 (also DC, file/print) and SQL 2005.

 

OR -- is it better to me to just move the pagefile to the larger one

of the two partitions on the server?? That is, from C:\ to D:\?? (C is

smaller than it should be, D is quite large)

 

I know that the servers will eventually have to be rebuilt or replaced

but if I can move or resize the pagefile, I can put this off for a

year or two until it's more practical and less expensive to start

thinking about virtualization, consolidation, etc.

 

Thank you, Tom