Back in the mists of antiquity, when 3 meg disks were the norm (mainframes...), we always put any files that were going to be heavily used (in terms of r/w) closest to the spindle since the heads had less distance to travel. Fewer milliseconds to get to what you were looking for. We also optimized for disk sector interleave, but that's not important any more...
Here's the point. I always put swap files, whether Linux or Windows OS, *closest* (physically) to the FAT. Where does a disk drive spend most of its time loitering? The FAT area, simply to find or record where everything is. So, yes, you have to consider where *physically* (disk geometry) you are going to put the swap file ON THE DISK, not which partition. But this is my old mainframe experience (hardware/software) talking. Steve Egan Purcell Systems System/Network Administrator desk 509 755-0341 x110 cell 509 475-7682 fax 509 755-0345 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ramon Linan Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 10:08 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Split pagefile Hi, I have an answer and a question about the same. Most of my servers have 2 partition, one for the OS and the other for data, I always put the pagefile in the data partition, so yes, you can have the have the whole thing in a different partition or hard drive. Actually, Linux system always create a swap partition just for that purpose, so I wonder if it would be more efficient to always create a partition just for the pagefile... Anyone knows? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Larry Wahlers Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 12:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Split pagefile Sorry for the reply to my own post, but this article: http://www.windowsnetworking.com/kbase/WindowsTips/Windows2003/AdminTips /Miscellaneous/EnhancePerformancebyMovingthePagefile.html says I can move the whole thing to a different partition. I'll leave a meg on the C drive just for the dumpfile, which we limit to 64K, in case the system crashes and I can actually figure out how to read the dumpfile. But, really, is it OK to leave absolutely NO pagefile on C:/? We normally leave at least 200Mb on the C: partition when we move the rest to a different drive. -- Larry Wahlers Concordia Technologies The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] direct office line: (314) 996-1876 > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Larry Wahlers > > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 9:55 AM > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: Split pagefile > > > > Colleagues, > > > > Is there a best practice for splitting the pagefile on Exchange 2003 > > across multiple drives? My C drive is up to nearly 9GB used > > out of 10GB, > > and I'd like to move off most of the 3GB pagefile to maybe > > the database > > drive. We have only 500 users on that system, so > performance shouldn't > > be too much of an issue. > > > > Thanks in advance, folks. > > > > -- > > Larry Wahlers > > Concordia Technologies > > The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > direct office line: (314) 996-1876 > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > > Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/read/?forum=exchange > > To subscribe: > http://e-newsletters.internet.com/discussionlists.html/ > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe via postal mail, please contact us at: > > Jupitermedia Corp. > > Attn: Discussion List Management > > 475 Park Avenue South > > New York, NY 10016 > > > > Please include the email address which you have been contacted with. > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
