In my opinion, on an Exchange server it's silly to try to optimize the disk performance of the paging file. If all the Exchange executables don't stay in memory and the server is swapping, then buy and install more memory. Typically, you put a lot of memory in an Exchange server so that more transactions are cached, but database transactions don't swap.
Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chyka Robert Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 7:41 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Paging File Question.... Hi Everyone..... im runnig exchange 2000 on a dell 6650 server and windows 2000 advanced server. i have the /3 GB switch on the boot.ini and the specs on the server are the following: Dual XEON 1.60Ghz Processors 3 Gigs RAM OS RAID 1 (9 gig) Log Files RAID 1 (18 gig) IS Drive RAID 5 (140 gigs) i have my paging file on the raid 5 drive with the database. is this good or bad? im getting mixed reviews from local people here... another thing i cant figure out is windows is recommending the paging file to be 5374 but it wont allow me to change it to that high. it tells me i have to have it smaller than 4095.. any ideas why this is doing this? any input or recommendations on location of the paging file is appreciated because in outlook i get pauses and chokes every few minutes when i am opening messages or scrolling through my mail. thanks for any input and help. Bob Chyka _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
