moving your page file

[Guest mhowell]

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]

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]

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]

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.

>>

>>