Page File Question

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Can anyone tell me the recommended page file size for a
Windows 2000 Server w/ 1 GB RAM?
If so, what should the initial size be and what should
the maximum size be? Thank you in advance...
 
You can set your paging file up to 3 times the RAM
size. Set both initial and max to the same size to
prevent fragmenting of the page file in the event of a
kernel dump.
Here is some reading that explains it better!

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?
url=/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/proddocs/entserv
er/sysdm_change_paging_file_size.asp

Liana
 
Joe said:
Can anyone tell me the recommended page file size for a
Windows 2000 Server w/ 1 GB RAM?
If so, what should the initial size be and what should
the maximum size be? Thank you in advance...
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Joe, there are many rules of thumb for pagefiles in Windows 2000.
Mostly, it depends on what you will be doing with the machine.

However, that having been said, as a good starting point, if I were you,
I would set the min and max to 1036MB.

The MS recommendation is to set the minimum to RAM x 1.5 and the max to
RAM x 2, but that is almost always excessive in a machine w/ >=512MB
RAM. The minimum should be RAM+12MB as long as the maximum pagefile on
each volume is <=4096MB. However, there is a way to exceed that limit,
but is rarely necessary.

If you have more than 1 hard drive volume, placement and size can get
more involved. Post back with your particulars if that's the case.

hth
 
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