Re: SATA/IDE adapters and paging file performance

> >Swap file activity becomes an issue if you have too little RAM for your
> >applications. In most situations that does not occur. I would put a fixed
> >size swap file on your primary/new drive.
>
> Thanks, I will do that. That raises another question--what would
> anyone recommend a fixed size for my paging file, considering that I
> have 4GB of RAM and a 500GB hard drive?

I would set it at 2GB. If it gets utilized to 70%, reset it to more (3GB or
4GB). If it never reaches 35%, reduce it to 1GB. Use Performance Monitor /
Paging File / % Usage Peak while you run your applications. Fixed size
pagefile might help to minimize its fragmentation.


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