Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread Dustin Tuft
it to and with out the complete code what real good was a few lines? Sorry walk down memory lane terminated (paged). From: James Tucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking Date: Mon, 15

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread Clayton Macleod
well, I'm not sure we're saying the exact same thing. The point I was trying to make was, that while a great portion of the executive's memory is going to be active all the time, and stay in RAM, a portion of it will also go unused and be candidates for the pagefile. I said I doubt that something

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread Clayton Macleod
nah, that's ok. On 8/15/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Your HLDS and SRCDS work don't they? STFU and go join a chatroom somewhere > or shack up as roommates. Either way STFU. -- Clayton Macleod >get ye flask You cannot get ye flask. __

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread James Tucker
On 8/15/05, Clayton Macleod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well, the point there wasn't that servers are going to have > superfluous hardware. The point was that pretty much nothing is going > to cause every single page used by the executive to be active enough > to keep it all in ram at all times.

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread James Tucker
rtner and mvp login, not everything though. n'er mind. > > >From: Clayton Macleod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > >To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > >Subject: Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking > >Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 05

RE: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread ray
e.com Subject: Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking yeah, basically apps just deal with virtual memory, and the OS is what deals between RAM and the pagefile. Each app gets its own 2gigs of address space to allocate memory for itself from, and the OS is what determines the actual RAM/pagefile usage

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread Clayton Macleod
yeah, basically apps just deal with virtual memory, and the OS is what deals between RAM and the pagefile. Each app gets its own 2gigs of address space to allocate memory for itself from, and the OS is what determines the actual RAM/pagefile usage. On 8/15/05, Dustin Tuft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrot

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread Clayton Macleod
well, the point there wasn't that servers are going to have superfluous hardware. The point was that pretty much nothing is going to cause every single page used by the executive to be active enough to keep it all in ram at all times. Given that this is likely to be way under a hundred megs, way

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread James Tucker
Clayton Macleod wrote: Been too long I guess, I don't recall. For some reason my memory seems to do better with the meat than with the potatoes. Yeah know that problem, last time I touched sendmail was nearly 5 years ago now, and I looked at the config the other day in shock. :) Yeah, I ad

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread Dustin Tuft
owed a burner while I was employed under the PSS outsource :'( From: Clayton Macleod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2005 05:25:53 -0700 Been too long I guess,

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread Clayton Macleod
Been too long I guess, I don't recall. For some reason my memory seems to do better with the meat than with the potatoes. Yeah, I addressed the collateral stuff in my next post there. I'm not saying the executive memory space is unimportant. I only said that applications' memory space isn't the

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread James Tucker
Clayton Macleod wrote: re: memory reporting, even the "working set" value you get from the 'performance monitor' doesn't really necessarily tell you how much RAM the process is actually using just for itself, because this value includes any shared memory, not just private memory. I'm honestly

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread Clayton Macleod
well, I guess there would be some collateral damage done since there will be slightly less RAM available for the apps to use, since the executive isn't being paged anymore. So indirectly the amount of application paging would increase, though I don't think it would be enough of an impact to worry

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread Clayton Macleod
re: memory reporting, even the "working set" value you get from the 'performance monitor' doesn't really necessarily tell you how much RAM the process is actually using just for itself, because this value includes any shared memory, not just private memory. I'm honestly sorry that I can't recall w

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread James Tucker
Clayton Macleod wrote: actually, no, task manager doesn't tell you exactly what you think it is telling you. If MS didn't purge their beta newsgroups after the end of their betas I could find a quote for you. (dammit) I'm not sure if a similar explanation is in any of their public docs or not.

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread Clayton Macleod
*ahem* http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/Default.asp?url=/resources/documentation/Windows/2000/server/reskit/en-us/regentry/29931.asp http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/DepKit/3d3b3c16-c901-46de-8485-166a819af3ad.

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread Clayton Macleod
actually, no, task manager doesn't tell you exactly what you think it is telling you. If MS didn't purge their beta newsgroups after the end of their betas I could find a quote for you. (dammit) I'm not sure if a similar explanation is in any of their public docs or not. I'll take a look in the mor

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread Clayton Macleod
hahahaha, I'm just having a conversation, Mr. Angry Eyes. On 8/15/05, James Tucker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Go check explorer performance in this scenario and fuck off with your > arrogance. If you think that dynamic systems can be optimised form the > theoretical standpoint then you have li

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread James Tucker
Clayton Macleod wrote: uh, yeah. Like I said, you need a refresher. It's quite apparent from your "disabling the paging executive" statement. Clearly you think you are disabling something called the "paging executive" which you think means you're causing the OS to hit the pagefile less. Sor

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread James Tucker
Clayton - you have mostly understood the articles you have read. Whilst you understand the general principle of a paging system, clearly, you misunderstand that they are systematic, logical and non-optimal as with caching algorithms. Clayton Macleod wrote: MS themselves say that there is no way

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread Clayton Macleod
uh, yeah. Like I said, you need a refresher. It's quite apparent from your "disabling the paging executive" statement. Clearly you think you are disabling something called the "paging executive" which you think means you're causing the OS to hit the pagefile less. Sorry to tell you, but the set

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-15 Thread James Tucker
Clayton Macleod wrote: I think perhaps a refresher is warranted here, since you're forgetting one basic fact, which is even mentioned in the article listed. How many kernels have you built? "Virtual Memory is always in use, even when the memory required by all running processes does not excee

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-14 Thread Dustin
o fun talking Granma throught process of F8 on startup. Dustin - Original Message - From: "Clayton Macleod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 7:19 AM Subject: Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking I think perhaps a refresher is warranted here, since

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-14 Thread Clayton Macleod
I think perhaps a refresher is warranted here, since you're forgetting one basic fact, which is even mentioned in the article listed. "Virtual Memory is always in use, even when the memory required by all running processes does not exceed the amount of RAM installed on the system." You should alw

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-14 Thread Clayton Macleod
MS themselves say that there is no way for us to know how much of any process is in RAM and how much is in the pagefile, so, I don't know where you're getting this information from. Besides, *everything* is in virtual memory. And there is no point in keeping pages in RAM that aren't being accesse

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-14 Thread James Tucker
Scott Tuttle wrote: One simple way of forcing Windows to use more ram and less hard drive for paging is to set you page file size and do not allow windows to manage it's own file size. But do keep in mind windows is designed to page data that is not needed out of RAM into the page file. Restric

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-13 Thread Scott Tuttle
> One simple way of forcing Windows to use more ram and less hard drive for > paging is to set you page file size and do not allow windows to manage it's > own file size. But do keep in mind windows is designed to page data that is > not needed out of RAM into the page file. Restricting your page f

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-13 Thread Dustin
AIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:14 AM Subject: RE: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking they are all 15000 rpm scsi drives in a raid 1 array they are quite fast but no where near as fast as ram. I think ill not tinker with what workes fine, just equip the servers in

RE: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-13 Thread dexion
] Behalf Of Dustin Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 12:05 PM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking It does seem like a waste of RAM, but that's how Windows manages resources. One thing to consider, Windows might be levearging your hard drive more becas

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-13 Thread Dustin
t: Saturday, August 13, 2005 9:03 AM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking Thats up to you, it will do no permanent damage, and unless IOPageLockLimit is set to a completely arbritrary value it will also remain stable. Unfortunately there isn't at

RE: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-13 Thread dexion
Subject: Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking Thats up to you, it will do no permanent damage, and unless IOPageLockLimit is set to a completely arbritrary value it will also remain stable. Unfortunately there isn't at this point a completely definable optimum, it is dependant on your har

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-13 Thread James Tucker
James Tucker Sent: Friday, August 12, 2005 1:05 PM To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com Subject: Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking Dunno, but it's easy enough to change the session manager options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management In

RE: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-12 Thread dexion
] windows 2003 memory tweaking Dunno, but it's easy enough to change the session manager options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management In particular - the large system cache option will lift more of the kernel into ram - this may or may n

Re: [hlds] windows 2003 memory tweaking

2005-08-12 Thread James Tucker
Dunno, but it's easy enough to change the session manager options HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management In particular - the large system cache option will lift more of the kernel into ram - this may or may not be advantageous - look at page fau