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
