Re: SATA/IDE adapters and paging file performance
- From: Odie Ferrous <odie_ferrous@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:16:28 +0100
Lothar of the Hill People wrote:
>
> On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:38:14 -0400, "Peter" <peterfoxghost@xxxxxxxx>
> uttered like so:
>
> >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?
>
> Lothar
Unless you're running things like Photoshop that won't even load without
the presence of a paging file, with 4GB of RAM you could actually do
away with one altogether.
Probably the quickest way to do it.
Try it and see.
Odie
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