Hi Dusty and all,
MS says you're right: putting your paging files in multiple partitions DOES
improve performace. Even better if those partitions are in separate physical
disks.
They say more: it's better NOT to have a paging file in your boot partition.
So in your case, the best scenario would be to use the other 2 partitions to
paging, with 192MB in each file - if you want to maintain your 384 paging
space.
But be aware that memory dump isn't possible if you don't have a paging file
in your boot partition (with at least the size of physical memory
installed). But who uses memory dumps in the first place? :-)
BTW: what MS calls "boot partition" is not what we're familiar with...
It's the partition where the %systemroot% is located. So when you said
"system partition" I guess you were talking about this one... MS calls
"system partition" the partition where the boot files and info are located.
All info within this message came from MS course material, so don't blame
me... ;-)
Ricardo Freire, MCP
Diretor T�cnico
All Ways Provedor Internet
----- Original Message -----
From: ## Dusty Carden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sexta-feira, 27 de Agosto de 1999 22:59
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Dr. Watson (Page File)
| Recommended paging file is the amount of RAM plus 12 MB
| however for performance, especially with SCSI drives, set
| the paging file to 2 or 2-1/2 times the amount of installed
| physical memory. This is especially true if you are running
| SQL server or Exchange server. The paging file can span
| multiple logical disk.
|
| On my POS P180 with 128 MB RAM I have 3 partitions,
| each with 128 MB paging file. Spanning the logical disk
| does not do anything to improve performance but since I
| only have a 500 MB system partition spreading out the
| paging file allows me to not worry about the system partition
| being overloaded.
|
| Does this help performance? I tend to think so. But who am I?
|
| Dusty
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