- Optimum page file size for windows server 2003
- Posted by RossB on September 19th, 2007
What is the optimum page file size for windows server 2003. As RAM size
increases, is it really necessary to increase the pagefile size to match. It
used to be the case that MS recommended 1*RAM for pagefile size, but is it
really necessary to have an 8GB pagefile on a server with 8GB RAM, would this
not place an excessive load on the disks and waste a lot of disk space. What
is the discussion groups thoughts on this?
- Posted by Floris van Haaster on September 19th, 2007
Good question...
Maybe there is something interesting in this article?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889654
Floris van Haaster
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- Posted by Mark on September 19th, 2007
Personally I was under the impression that 2.5 GB was the max - beyond that
you had nothing but waste... I could be wrong.
"RossB" wrote:
- Posted by Mark on September 19th, 2007
Ok, that's way wrong.....
1.5 x's the RAM you have. It's necessary for the apps plus i/o's along with
dumps if your system BSOD's....
Maybe this will help you out...
http://technet2.microsoft.com/window....mspx?mfr=true
Good Luck.
"Mark" wrote:
- Posted by RossB on September 19th, 2007
I like that article, it provides perfmon counters for working out the most
efficient page file size. They are
Memory: pages input/sec 10(if more put pagefile on separate drive), more
than 60, use multi disc page file.
Paging File\\% Usage No more than 70 percent
Paging File\\% Usage Peak No more than 70 percent
Essentially, this implies you should aim for page file usage well below 70
percent. If % usage figure is very small, you are wasting hard disk space.
"Floris van Haaster" wrote:
