Re: Page file size?

On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:51:59 +0100, PeeGee wrote:

Dean wrote:
On Wed, 30 Apr 2008 11:15:56 +0100, Terry Pinnell wrote:

What do the experts here think about the optimum pagefile size and
location for my new XP Pro PC please. It has 4 GB RAM and two
(nominally)750 MB HDs, neither partitioned as yet. The default size
set is 2046 MB 'Total paging size for all drives' and is on C: (the OS
drive).

I also have 4GB of RAM bought in anticipation of switching to a 64 bit OS.
However 3.5GB is available under windows XP 32 bit. I was considering
running without a pagefile and have done so successfully before with 2GB.

This time I chose to go with virtual memory. The reason being that, AIUI, a
pagefile is required for memory dumps and it must also reside on the system
perhaps "... pagefile on the system drive is ..." would have been better :-)
drive.
OK. I was trying to make the point that virtual memory is needed and that
at least some of it must reside on the system partition.

So I have a large pagefile (dynamic, minmum size 2046MB) in a partition on a
seperate drive to the system drive and a 256MB fixed size pagefile on the
system drive. Pagefile on c: (to allow memory dumps) is static (to minimise
fragmentation) and small (to keep disk image size down).
Does that work, or does the pagefile on c: need to hold a full memory
dump?
You have a point there! I can't remember right now where I read it.
Wherever it was, I was convinced enough by to blindly follow it. Next thing
you'll know I'll be voting for Ken in tomorrows election ;-)

Do you actually back-up the pagefile ("to keep disk image size down)?
I have used cloning tools that didn't have the option to exclude the
pagefile, usually because they couldn't read ntfs and when I have used Ghost
I generally just image the partition complete anyway.


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