> Can anyone help rate the incremental performance boost of having the
> page file on a separate drive...I don't figure the server should be
> doing much with the page file if it has enough memory and is
> dedicated to E-mail processing.
If you're using Web Messaging or Calendaring, virtual memory is
_always_ used, regardless of the amount of physical RAM, and in those
situations your system will benefit from multiple swapfiles on
dedicated spindles. Without WM/WC, your assessment is correct.
In addition, if providing WM/WC, performance will skyrocket if you
mount \spool\web on dedicated spindles. From your message, however, I
sense that you are not providing mailbox services of any kind.
> how about the log's?
Well, think about it: every incoming connection is logged. If the log
is on the same drive as the spool: immediate contention. Dedicating
spindles to logging, or moving it off the box completely, is a
near-mandate for a scaleable architecture.
--Sandy
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