"the operating system will create a page file that is one and a half times the amount of RAM that is installed in your computer."
Which is, as I understand it, the system managed default. Or am I mistaken? -- ME2 On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:23 PM, johonn2 _ <[email protected]> wrote: > Here you go... > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889654 > > "There is no specific recommendation for page file size. Your > requirements will be based on the hardware and software that you use > and the load that you put on the computer. To monitor page file usage > and requirements, run System Monitor, and gather a log during typical > usage conditions. Focus on the following counters." > > > On 1/27/09, Micheal Espinola Jr <[email protected]> wrote: >> My memory is failing me as to why the recommended minimum paging file is >> 1.5x >> RAM. Why not 1x or 2x? Why 1.5x specifically? >> >> I'm almost positive I used to know why - but my google-fu and personal >> list archive are also failing me today. >> >> I'm interested because I've got a new junior subboardinate whom I'm >> trying to instill a general understanding of concepts with, along with >> the benefits of creating and using a personal reference database. >> Plus, I hate not knowing the "why" for something... :-) >> >> Here are my current notes on paging file optimization: >> >> http://www.espinola.net/wiki/Paging_file_optimization >> >> Not detailed (yet), but they are to the point. Would anyone care to >> take a peek and tell me if I'm missing something? >> >> TIA! >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
