The page file in Windows is not just for when the OS or an application runs out of memory.
The pagefile can be used by applications to store data that does not need to sit in memory, but needs to be recalled faster than from a regular disk location. I would suggest that you use Task Manager and Process Explorer to determine what processes are using up what RAM/pagefile, and use perfmon to determine where the bottlenecks are. *ASB *(Find me online via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage... * On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 4:49 PM, G.Waleed Kavalec <[email protected]> wrote: > Then I really don't understand why we are paging at all. > > > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Kramer, Jack <[email protected]>wrote: > >> A 32-bit application will consume a max of 3GB of ram per process. PAE >> will allow multiple apps to exist within a larger-than-3GB space without >> paging; however your individual programs are still memory limited. >> >> ---- >> Jack Kramer >> Computer Systems Specialist >> University Relations, Michigan State University >> w: <517-884-1231>517-884-1231 / c: <248-635-4955>248-635-4955 >> >> From: "G.Waleed Kavalec" <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:07:37 -0400 >> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> >> Subject: Getting SQL 2008 to use 16GB RAM >> >> Due to a third party app we have some servers running W2K8 *32-bit* >> >> SQL 2008 on said machines does not seem to want to use the full 16GB >> >> The vendor has NO plans to upgrade their product. (yeah I'm looking at YOU >> Sterling Software) >> >> I have PAE and AWE turned on, and the machine is still using 3GB of the >> page file and running slow. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> -- >> >> __________________ >> Gregory Waleed Kavalec >> --------------------------------------------- >> *Fajr*... It's the Believers' cup of coffee with extra caffeine. >> >> >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> --- >> To manage subscriptions click here: >> http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ >> or send an email to [email protected] >> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin >> > > > > -- > > __________________ > Gregory Waleed Kavalec > --------------------------------------------- > *Fajr*... It's the Believers' cup of coffee with extra caffeine. > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
