We used to do the 1.5 times size of ram here, but since windows 2008 we stopped mucking around with the settings on most of our servers. If some specific server has needs, the assigned engineer will look at it on an individual basis but frankly it's just not something to really worry about for 95% of our servers. The remaining 5% are either high performance apps or old systems held together with duct tape and hope (as in hope you are not on call when it finally dies a horrible death).
Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 8:26 AM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com>wrote: > There are a number of applications (SQL and Exchange among them) that use > the paging file as a “backing store” as opposed to an actual paging file. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:asbz...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 01, 2011 11:11 AM > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Paging file best practices > > > > I still see lots of paging activity in various applications, due to a > number of factors including how they were developed. > > > > I will typically create an 8GB paging file on the primary OS partition for > 64-bit systems, and be done with that. > > > > Of course that means I can never get a full crash dump, should that become > necessary. > > > > *ASB *(My Bio via About.Me <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) > *Exploiting Technology for Business Advantage...* > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Jonathan <ncm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm not sure about the specifics as they relate to XenApp, however above > 4Gigs in a Windows environment may negate the need for a page file. It > depends. > > See here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889654 > > Jonathan - Thumb typed from my HTC Droid Incredible (and yes, it really is) > on the Verizon network. > > On Feb 1, 2011 10:14 AM, "James Rankin" <kz2...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > What's the current school of thought via size/location of paging files > for > > servers (XenApp servers, to be precise)? I've been working with > virtualized > > systems for so long where the disks no longer actually exist in relation > to > > each other that I haven't thought about this for a long time, but at my > new > > gig they use physical XenApp servers (ProLiant DL360 G6s with 24GB RAM). > > > > Is it best to keep the paging file on a separate physical drive, or will > > simply another partition of a single drive do? Will 1.5x physical RAM > still > > cut the mustard, or is it better to go as initially big as possible (we > > don't need to save hard drive space, really) These servers are hardly > maxing > > out on physical RAM as it is, but they are hoping to scope for up to 120 > > users per server so obviously the needs of the systems will increase as > time > > goes by. > > > > TIA, > > > > ~ 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > 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 listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
