Paging File

iflog · Post by **iflog** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 8:50 pm

I have read a lot of discussions on this topic and am still confussed as to what to do. I have added a 1GB stick to my computer and want to know if I should change anything.

Virtual Memory
Initial Size: (MB) 768
Maximum Size: (MB) 1536

Total paging file for all drives
Minimum Allowed: 2MB
Recomended: 2302MB
Current Registry Size: 27MB
Maximum Registry Size: (MB) 114

cyberskye · Post by **cyberskye** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 9:59 pm

Because you are asking this question, I would recommend letting windows manage it.

You can gain some benefit from tweaking your VM, but teh settings may be different for different applications. Database server, file/web server, graphics processing, etc - the optimal settings may be different for each. Even in the best-case-scenario, you still won't see much difference - especially on a desktop.

Cheers,

Skye

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:54 am

IMHO, one of the main benefits of having the min & max, set the same size, is less fragmentation of the hdd... Of course, I find it best to have that, as well as things like TIF on a different hdd, or at least diff partion, than my OS... It doesn't matter how much RAM that you have, for some progs, a page file is necessary...

I agree with cyberskye in that you have to be careful in changing settings that you don't fully understand, however, a lot can be learned from a screw up!

Back up your important stuff before you do anything, always!

That said, if I had your rig, I would probably set both to 1500, but what do I know?

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Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 10:56 am

I haven't bothered with that min/max tweak since Windows 2000 came out. Windows NT has great management of services/memory, etc. I've not seen that old tweak gain one iota of performance boost with WinNT. Matter of fact, it can often cause problems with some applications that do not like the pagefile.sys capped.

You have a gig of RAM, you're not going to be hitting that pagefile.sys very hard anyways.

iflog · Post by **iflog** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:13 pm

I dont believe Windows 2000 manages itself for the page file. These setting need to be adjusted depending on the amount of ram installed. The white pages recomend the minimum set at 1.5 times the amount of ram installed and 3 times for the maximum. Only problem with the maximum is Windows will only allow a max of 4095. Any suggestions?

Subsane · Post by **Subsane** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:29 pm

iflog wrote:I dont believe Windows 2000 manages itself for the page file. These setting need to be adjusted depending on the amount of ram installed. The white pages recomend the minimum set at 1.5 times the amount of ram installed and 3 times for the maximum. Only problem with the maximum is Windows will only allow a max of 4095. Any suggestions?

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