Paging file size for a 16gb memory server.

[Guest Cyborg]

One of our servers has 16gb of memory. It's paging for is on the C drive

and set to 2-4gb and the C drive is 30gb in size.

 

Should the paging file be bigger and on a bigger partition:

 

c: 30gb

g: 35gb

h: 219gb

i: 135gb

j: 125gb

 

Thanks

[Guest Jon Osborn]

Re: Paging file size for a 16gb memory server.

 

As long as there is no space issuse the page file can be anywhere on the

system. My Personal recodmation is to use the fastest drive and/or the

drive that gets used the least (to help read times).

 

Jon

 

"Cyborg" <andrewwhite@btinternet.com> wrote in message

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> One of our servers has 16gb of memory. It's paging for is on the C drive

> and set to 2-4gb and the C drive is 30gb in size.

>

> Should the paging file be bigger and on a bigger partition:

>

> c: 30gb

> g: 35gb

> h: 219gb

> i: 135gb

> j: 125gb

>

> Thanks

[Guest Cyborg]

Re: Paging file size for a 16gb memory server.

 

What size should it be, I currently have 2 4gb paging files on 2 RAID 1

partitions.

 

 

"Jon Osborn" <josborn@pcsii.com> wrote in message

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> As long as there is no space issuse the page file can be anywhere on the

> system. My Personal recodmation is to use the fastest drive and/or the

> drive that gets used the least (to help read times).

>

> Jon

>

> "Cyborg" <andrewwhite@btinternet.com> wrote in message

> news:BBA314DA-E078-43DC-A9AB-6696C4D73FED@microsoft.com...

>> One of our servers has 16gb of memory. It's paging for is on the C drive

>> and set to 2-4gb and the C drive is 30gb in size.

>>

>> Should the paging file be bigger and on a bigger partition:

>>

>> c: 30gb

>> g: 35gb

>> h: 219gb

>> i: 135gb

>> j: 125gb

>>

>> Thanks

>

>

[Guest Jon]

Re: Paging file size for a 16gb memory server.

 

The normal recommendation is to set the paging file to 1.5 times the

physical RAM, but this is not necessarily a good idea for boxes with

large amounts of memory.

 

The more page file is available, the more windows tends to use it,

swapping pages out of physical memory onto the much slower page file,

so having an excessively large page file can be counter productive.

 

Personally I normally set it to 1.5 times physical RAM but capped at a

maximum of 4 GB.

 

Of course, this all depends on what the server is used for - it may

need a large pagfile depending on what applications it is running -

but if it is running well within it's physical memory limits then I

would set it at 4 GB

 

 

Regards

Jon

 

 

On Feb 11, 2:48 pm, "Cyborg" <andrewwh...@btinternet.com> wrote:

> What size should it be, I currently have 2 4gb paging files on 2 RAID 1

> partitions.

>