TSGL: XP Question

Sun Oct 15 19:27:41 EDT 2006

Justin,

Wow...I've never heard or read anything about creating a page file of the
size you're indicating.  Everything that I've ever come across including
Microsoft's recommendations...is to set your page file to a minimum of 1.5
times the amount of RAM installed with a maximum size of 3 times the amount
of RAM installed.

I would be interested in knowing what sources that you've come across
recommending setting the page file size to 5-10GB.

Glen B.
Sacramento, CA

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Glenn

I think your getting confused between the page file and the ram used
for cache during read and writes to it.

As far as the page file is concerned, the less RAM you have the bigger
it needs to be. Also it depends on what kind of applications you run.

Here's a good rule of thumb...

If you are running 512MB of RAM or more, then you can get away with
around 5 GB swap file

If you are running 256MB of RAM then you should have room for around 8
to 10 GB swap file

If you have 128MB or less (god forbid!), you should have a swap file
that is 20GB or more

@dave,

Dude, thanks for the info on virtual memory cache :-)

Justin

On 15/10/06, Glen Bigelow <gbigelow at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ray,
>
> To follow-up on what Russ has recommended.  I've heard arguments for
setting
> the maximum size of the paging file to 3 times the amount of RAM that you
> have. So in Russ's example...1536 for minimum and 3072 for maximum.  I
> personally have mine set to 1536/3072, but I've never seen the system
> actually use anything above the 1536.
>
> While you are in the settings dialogue box, you can also select what
> partition that you want the paging file to use.  So, if you don't want it
to
> use Drive C:, then set it use Drive D: or Drive E:.  I personally put it
on
> whatever drive has the most available space.
>
> Glen B.
> Sacramento, CA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of Russell W. Coover
> Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2006 11:34 AM
> To: 'Tech Support Guy Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: TSGL: XP Question
>
> Hi Ray,
>
> You can, and probably should control your paging file. Here is how you do
it
> ...
>
> Go to the Control Panel and open the "System" Icon.
>
> Click on the "Advanced" tab and under "Performance", click on "Settings".
>
> Again, you will find an "Advanced" tab. Click on it.
>
> Under "Virtual Memory", click on "Change".
> .
> Click on "Custom Size" and now you will have a choice of what size you
want
> the file.
> My preference is to create a file 1.5 times larger than the amount of RAM
in
> the machine. Since I have 1 GB (1024 MB) RAM, I like a Page file of 1536
MB.
> There are other theories as to the proper size of the Page file. You may
> wish to run a Google on "page file size".
>
> You will have to decide what "Initial Size" you want the file to be and
the
> "Maximum Size". I prefer the file to remain the same size, so I set both
to
> the same number, 1536.
>
> My best to you.
>
> Russ Coover
>
>
>
> I am trying to find myself. If you see me before I do, please ask me to
wait
> until I return.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: list-bounces at tsgserver.com [mailto:list-bounces at tsgserver.com] On
> Behalf Of rayo
> Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2006 10:57 AM
> To: list at tsgserver.com
> Subject: TSGL: XP Question
>
> Hey all...
> I have a "dumb" question..
>
> Currently running XP Pro  1.5 G Ram 130 G HD Partitioned into 3 drives
> When you Go "Window E " to see the contents and directories, I notice
> that my C drive which contains XP starts out at say for example 10 G
> free space... over the course of the next 7-10 days it slowly goes
> down to around 8.5 G Free (not adding any new programs or anything)
> and then suddenly the next day it shows approximately 10 G free
> again.   I am sure XP is holding a page memory or something and then
> later releasing it.
> Is there any way that I can "force" XP not to do this or have the
> ability to do it if "I" feel I may need the taken space (for when my
> C drive is getting down to less than 30 % free)
>
> Ray
>
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