The 2mb/10mb addition is to give room to relocate enough memory for the dump routines to execute.
The default settings for the current OS's is "system managed". Regards, Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php -----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:03 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Why is the min. rec. paging file size 1.5x? It still exists (the 1.5x recommendation) in the most recent knowledge base articles, and is the default setting for the current OS's. And of course, back in the day, something threw in the +2mb addition, which I dont think I ever understood. If someone can recall the reasoning behind that as well, I'd love a reminder! :-) -- ME2 On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 2:54 PM, Kennedy, Jim <kennedy...@elyriaschools.org> wrote: > IIRC the 1.5 was back when we had smaller amounts of ram...because the initial foot print of the OS's in RAM was pretty big in comparison to the smaller amount of ram of the days. I think that this rule of thumb has just hung on over the years. > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:michealespin...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:49 PM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Why is the min. rec. paging file size 1.5x? >> >> My memory is failing me as to why the recommended minimum paging file >> is 1.5x >> RAM. Why not 1x or 2x? Why 1.5x specifically? >> >> I'm almost positive I used to know why - but my google-fu and personal >> list archive are also failing me today. >> >> I'm interested because I've got a new junior subboardinate whom I'm >> trying to instill a general understanding of concepts with, along with >> the benefits of creating and using a personal reference database. >> Plus, I hate not knowing the "why" for something... :-) >> >> Here are my current notes on paging file optimization: >> >> http://www.espinola.net/wiki/Paging_file_optimization >> >> Not detailed (yet), but they are to the point. Would anyone care to >> take a peek and tell me if I'm missing something? >> >> TIA! >> >> -- >> ME2 >> >> ~ 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/> ~
