RE: Page File move
I think a reboot will almost certainly be needed under Server 2003. I’d keep the pagefile on a dedicated drive for performance reasons, or a drive that isn’t critical which would rule out your DB or Log disks, but there’s nothing to stop you doing that if you accept there may be a performance hit. From: bounce-8851669-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com [mailto:bounce-8851669-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of chipsh...@comcast.net Sent: 16 March 2010 11:21 To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Page File move Production Exchange 2003 SP2 on Windows Server 2003 SP1. Can I safely move the page file from root to either the log or database drive? If so is one better than the other and will the server need a reboot? Thanks. Steve
Re: Page File move
Hi Steve, You haven't quite provided enough information for us to say whether it's a good idea for you to do this (e.g. your physical and logical disk setup and also what roles the Exchange server has), but I can tell you that you will *definitely *have to reboot if you intend to move the pagefile from the system partition to another partition. Further, if you set the pagefile on the system partition to less than the amount of system RAM, Windows will not be able to write a dump file in the event of a BSOD, but you may decide this is no big deal. See this TechNet page on performance tuning Exchange 2003, which can help you further, based on what roles this server has. http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124129(EXCHG.65).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb124129(EXCHG.65).aspxEnjoy! Andrew On 16 March 2010 20:20, chipsh...@comcast.net wrote: Production Exchange 2003 SP2 on Windows Server 2003 SP1. Can I safely move the page file from root to either the log or database drive? If so is one better than the other and will the server need a reboot? Thanks. Steve -- Kind regards, Andrew Levicki MCITP MCSE CCNA and...@levicki.me.uk www.andrewlevicki.eu
Re: Page File move
Thank you for the responses. I'm just trying to keep an aging server alive while I migrate to Exchange 2010. I'll leave well enough alone and just do some aggressive directory maintenance. - Original Message - From: Andrew Levicki andrew @ levicki .me. uk To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues exchangelist @ lyris .sunbelt-software.com Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 7:46:34 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: Page File move Hi Steve, You haven't quite provided enough information for us to say whether it's a good idea for you to do this (e.g. your physical and logical disk setup and also what roles the Exchange server has), but I can tell you that you will definitely have to reboot if you intend to move the pagefile from the system partition to another partition. Further, if you set the pagefile on the system partition to less than the amount of system RAM, Windows will not be able to write a dump file in the event of a BSOD , but you may decide this is no big deal. See this TechNet page on performance tuning Exchange 2003, which can help you further, based on what roles this server has. http :// technet . microsoft .com/en-us/library/bb124129( EXCHG .65). aspx Enjoy! Andrew On 16 March 2010 20:20, Chipshead @comcast.net wrote: Production Exchange 2003 SP2 on Windows Server 2003 SP1. Can I safely move the page file from root to either the log or database drive? If so is one better than the other and will the server need a reboot? Thanks. Steve -- Kind regards, Andrew Levicki MCITP MCSE CCNA andrew @ levicki .me. uk www . andrewlevicki . eu
RE: Page File
Me tooo -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 9:38 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Page File I put the pagefile on the NAS. -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 4:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Page File Depends, but I try to put the entire thing on one partition only and that is the system partition. It shouldn't be on a RAID 5 array, it should be on a mirrored system where the OS resides... D There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems. - Ed Crowley -Original Message- From: David N Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 2:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Page File Hmm... one or two other admins suggested that setup... Whats your formula for paging ? --- Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's not a good idea... Excessive paging can result from that config. Technically, you should try to keep them on the partition where the system files reside. Especially, if your server ever BSOD's and you want to view the dump file. D True friends stab you in the front. -Oscar Wilde -Original Message- From: David N Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 12:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Page File with all NT/2000, I place them on all partitions. --- Todd White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of you that are running Windows 2000 Server with Exchange Server 5.5 SP4 where are you placing your pagefile(s)? Todd White System Administrator LaserComm Inc. 972-941-0276 Voice 972-941-0223 Fax The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are the property of LaserComm Inc, its subsidiaries or licensors and are intended to be private and confidential. This material is intended solely for the individual to whom it is addressed. The material is protected by various laws, including those related to copyright and trade secret, and may not be used, copied or distributed without the express permission of LaserComm Inc. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the correspondence. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
Re: Page File
with all NT/2000, I place them on all partitions. --- Todd White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of you that are running Windows 2000 Server with Exchange Server 5.5 SP4 where are you placing your pagefile(s)? Todd White System Administrator LaserComm Inc. 972-941-0276 Voice 972-941-0223 Fax The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are the property of LaserComm Inc, its subsidiaries or licensors and are intended to be private and confidential. This material is intended solely for the individual to whom it is addressed. The material is protected by various laws, including those related to copyright and trade secret, and may not be used, copied or distributed without the express permission of LaserComm Inc. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the correspondence. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Page File
That's not a good idea... Excessive paging can result from that config. Technically, you should try to keep them on the partition where the system files reside. Especially, if your server ever BSOD's and you want to view the dump file. D True friends stab you in the front. -Oscar Wilde -Original Message- From: David N Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 12:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Page File with all NT/2000, I place them on all partitions. --- Todd White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of you that are running Windows 2000 Server with Exchange Server 5.5 SP4 where are you placing your pagefile(s)? Todd White System Administrator LaserComm Inc. 972-941-0276 Voice 972-941-0223 Fax The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are the property of LaserComm Inc, its subsidiaries or licensors and are intended to be private and confidential. This material is intended solely for the individual to whom it is addressed. The material is protected by various laws, including those related to copyright and trade secret, and may not be used, copied or distributed without the express permission of LaserComm Inc. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the correspondence. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Page File
Depends, but I try to put the entire thing on one partition only and that is the system partition. It shouldn't be on a RAID 5 array, it should be on a mirrored system where the OS resides... D There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems. - Ed Crowley -Original Message- From: David N Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 2:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Page File Hmm... one or two other admins suggested that setup... Whats your formula for paging ? --- Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's not a good idea... Excessive paging can result from that config. Technically, you should try to keep them on the partition where the system files reside. Especially, if your server ever BSOD's and you want to view the dump file. D True friends stab you in the front. -Oscar Wilde -Original Message- From: David N Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 12:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Page File with all NT/2000, I place them on all partitions. --- Todd White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of you that are running Windows 2000 Server with Exchange Server 5.5 SP4 where are you placing your pagefile(s)? Todd White System Administrator LaserComm Inc. 972-941-0276 Voice 972-941-0223 Fax The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are the property of LaserComm Inc, its subsidiaries or licensors and are intended to be private and confidential. This material is intended solely for the individual to whom it is addressed. The material is protected by various laws, including those related to copyright and trade secret, and may not be used, copied or distributed without the express permission of LaserComm Inc. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the correspondence. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Page File
I put the pagefile on the NAS. -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 4:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Page File Depends, but I try to put the entire thing on one partition only and that is the system partition. It shouldn't be on a RAID 5 array, it should be on a mirrored system where the OS resides... D There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems. - Ed Crowley -Original Message- From: David N Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 2:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Page File Hmm... one or two other admins suggested that setup... Whats your formula for paging ? --- Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's not a good idea... Excessive paging can result from that config. Technically, you should try to keep them on the partition where the system files reside. Especially, if your server ever BSOD's and you want to view the dump file. D True friends stab you in the front. -Oscar Wilde -Original Message- From: David N Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 12:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Page File with all NT/2000, I place them on all partitions. --- Todd White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of you that are running Windows 2000 Server with Exchange Server 5.5 SP4 where are you placing your pagefile(s)? Todd White System Administrator LaserComm Inc. 972-941-0276 Voice 972-941-0223 Fax The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are the property of LaserComm Inc, its subsidiaries or licensors and are intended to be private and confidential. This material is intended solely for the individual to whom it is addressed. The material is protected by various laws, including those related to copyright and trade secret, and may not be used, copied or distributed without the express permission of LaserComm Inc. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the correspondence. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
RE: Page File
Yeah baby! D Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. -Leo C. Rosten -Original Message- From: Lefkovics, William [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 6:38 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Page File I put the pagefile on the NAS. -Original Message- From: Don Ely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 4:49 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Page File Depends, but I try to put the entire thing on one partition only and that is the system partition. It shouldn't be on a RAID 5 array, it should be on a mirrored system where the OS resides... D There are seldom good technological solutions to behavioral problems. - Ed Crowley -Original Message- From: David N Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 2:56 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: Page File Hmm... one or two other admins suggested that setup... Whats your formula for paging ? --- Don Ely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's not a good idea... Excessive paging can result from that config. Technically, you should try to keep them on the partition where the system files reside. Especially, if your server ever BSOD's and you want to view the dump file. D True friends stab you in the front. -Oscar Wilde -Original Message- From: David N Precht [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 12:42 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Page File with all NT/2000, I place them on all partitions. --- Todd White [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those of you that are running Windows 2000 Server with Exchange Server 5.5 SP4 where are you placing your pagefile(s)? Todd White System Administrator LaserComm Inc. 972-941-0276 Voice 972-941-0223 Fax The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are the property of LaserComm Inc, its subsidiaries or licensors and are intended to be private and confidential. This material is intended solely for the individual to whom it is addressed. The material is protected by various laws, including those related to copyright and trade secret, and may not be used, copied or distributed without the express permission of LaserComm Inc. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by return e-mail and delete the correspondence. List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm __ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm List Charter and FAQ at: http://www.sunbelt-software.com/exchange_list_charter.htm
