agreed... im just wondering if anyone has any thoughts as to WHY the previous admin might have done that? ha.
J Original Message: ----------------- From: Erik Goldoff [email protected] Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2011 11:43:17 -0400 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: printer server paging file +1 on excessive. With 8gb of RAM, I'd set min and max both to 8gb too, to avoid file fragmentation, and be done with it. I don't see how a 24gb page file can do anything but cause performance issues and consume unnecessary drive space. On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Christopher Bodnar < [email protected]> wrote: > Seems very excessive. One of our print servers is a VM with 2G RAM and a 4G > pagefile, it has over 400 printers and is very heavily used. No issues. > > YMMV > > Chris Bodnar, MCSE, MCITP > Technical Support III > Distributed Systems Service Delivery - Intel Services > Guardian Life Insurance Company of America > Email: [email protected] > Phone: 610-807-6459 > Fax: 610-807-6003 > > > > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected] > > > Date: 10/14/2011 10:47 AM > Subject: printer server paging file > ------------------------------ > > > > Okay, this isn't something I've seen before. > > Inherited a print server. It has 7 network printers. There doesn't seem > to be an extraordinary amount of printing going on (read: minimal). The > server has 8GB of memory (2008 R2). Strangely enough, the paging file > minimum is set at 24,000 and maximum at 36,000. Anyone have thoughts as to > why such a large paging file? I've never seen anything like this before, > ha. Not on a hardly-used server with 8GB of memory. Just curious... > > J > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange > > > > ~ 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 > ~ 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE ~ 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
