You're probably correct. And, in saying that 1.5xRAM is safe, I am only speaking in terms of memory dump. What you want the size to be for performance reasons is very situational.
Kurt On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 16:45, Sam Cayze <[email protected]> wrote: > I think I read 11MB. > > Should initial & max be set the same? I got 4GB ram in the box. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 6:43 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Memory.dmp > > RAM plus, IIRC, 2mbytes, though it might be a bit more. > > 1.5xRAM is wayyyyy safe. > > On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 16:39, Sam Cayze <[email protected]> wrote: >> I can't find anywhere if it's the initial size, or the max size that >> has to be larger than the RAM? >> >> Don't recall ever changing the page file settings on this box (or >> anywhere). I'm not well versed in page file technology. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 2009 6:32 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Memory.dmp >> >> On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Sam Cayze <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> I think the Page File might have been too small :( >> >> That will do it. To get a full memory dump, a page file has to be on >> the System Drive (the drive containing Windows), and that page file >> has to be at least the size of RAM plus a few MB extra for dump metadata. >> >> -- Ben >> >> ~ 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/> ~ > > > ~ 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/> ~
