Guest mhowell Posted September 11, 2007 Posted September 11, 2007 I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with 4 gb of RAM. Wouldn't placing the page file on the D: be the best thing to do since I have high paging? The D: is a seperate drive since it is a Storage Area Network. When you make the change it warns you that the system will not be able to create debugging information if a stop error occurs. I don't understand this because you have the option to put a path in where the dump file will goto. The default is %SystemRoot%\MEMORY.DMP. However, you can change that to D:\MEMORY.DMP.
Guest Mathieu CHATEAU Posted September 11, 2007 Posted September 11, 2007 Re: moving your page file Hello, you may counter high paging by adding more memory (i guess you already know that) Storing pagefile on a separate controler than where windows is installed is better in perf, you are right. Overview of memory dump file options for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, and Windows 2000 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/254649/en-us It's clearly state that it needs pagefile on the boot volume. I guess it first dump the memory to the pagefile and then copy it to the dump folder. You can let a pagefile of 200M to get kernel dump, which is mostly always enough. -- Cordialement, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com "mhowell" <mhowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A29FCDF1-85F7-4D3B-BEEB-D38A8B01A665@microsoft.com... >I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with 4 gb of RAM. > > Wouldn't placing the page file on the D: be the best thing to do since I > have high paging? > The D: is a seperate drive since it is a Storage Area Network. > > When you make the change it warns you that the system will not be able to > create debugging information if a stop error occurs. I don't understand > this > because you have the option to put a path in where the dump file will > goto. > > The default is %SystemRoot%\MEMORY.DMP. However, you can change that to > D:\MEMORY.DMP.
Guest mhowell Posted September 11, 2007 Posted September 11, 2007 Re: moving your page file Yeah, that makes sense. However, if I want a full dump then I guess Ill have to put a large page file on c:. "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote: > Hello, > > you may counter high paging by adding more memory (i guess you already know > that) > > Storing pagefile on a separate controler than where windows is installed is > better in perf, you are right. > > Overview of memory dump file options for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, > and Windows 2000 > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/254649/en-us > > It's clearly state that it needs pagefile on the boot volume. I guess it > first dump the memory to the pagefile and then copy it to the dump folder. > > You can let a pagefile of 200M to get kernel dump, which is mostly always > enough. > > -- > Cordialement, > Mathieu CHATEAU > http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com > > > "mhowell" <mhowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:A29FCDF1-85F7-4D3B-BEEB-D38A8B01A665@microsoft.com... > >I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with 4 gb of RAM. > > > > Wouldn't placing the page file on the D: be the best thing to do since I > > have high paging? > > The D: is a seperate drive since it is a Storage Area Network. > > > > When you make the change it warns you that the system will not be able to > > create debugging information if a stop error occurs. I don't understand > > this > > because you have the option to put a path in where the dump file will > > goto. > > > > The default is %SystemRoot%\MEMORY.DMP. However, you can change that to > > D:\MEMORY.DMP. > >
Guest Mathieu CHATEAU Posted September 11, 2007 Posted September 11, 2007 Re: moving your page file you got it. It must equal RAM + 1M -- Cordialement, Mathieu CHATEAU http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com "mhowell" <mhowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D0140606-4AD3-4EAF-9F3C-9D84AACBCA91@microsoft.com... > Yeah, that makes sense. However, if I want a full dump then I guess Ill > have > to put a large page file on c:. > > "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> you may counter high paging by adding more memory (i guess you already >> know >> that) >> >> Storing pagefile on a separate controler than where windows is installed >> is >> better in perf, you are right. >> >> Overview of memory dump file options for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, >> and Windows 2000 >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/254649/en-us >> >> It's clearly state that it needs pagefile on the boot volume. I guess it >> first dump the memory to the pagefile and then copy it to the dump >> folder. >> >> You can let a pagefile of 200M to get kernel dump, which is mostly always >> enough. >> >> -- >> Cordialement, >> Mathieu CHATEAU >> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com >> >> >> "mhowell" <mhowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:A29FCDF1-85F7-4D3B-BEEB-D38A8B01A665@microsoft.com... >> >I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with 4 gb of RAM. >> > >> > Wouldn't placing the page file on the D: be the best thing to do since >> > I >> > have high paging? >> > The D: is a seperate drive since it is a Storage Area Network. >> > >> > When you make the change it warns you that the system will not be able >> > to >> > create debugging information if a stop error occurs. I don't >> > understand >> > this >> > because you have the option to put a path in where the dump file will >> > goto. >> > >> > The default is %SystemRoot%\MEMORY.DMP. However, you can change that >> > to >> > D:\MEMORY.DMP. >> >>
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