moving your page file

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I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with 4 gb of RAM.

Wouldn't placing the page file on the D: be the best thing to do since I
have high paging?
The D: is a seperate drive since it is a Storage Area Network.

When you make the change it warns you that the system will not be able to
create debugging information if a stop error occurs. I don't understand this
because you have the option to put a path in where the dump file will goto.

The default is %SystemRoot%\MEMORY.DMP. However, you can change that to
D:\MEMORY.DMP.
 
Re: moving your page file

Hello,

you may counter high paging by adding more memory (i guess you already know
that)

Storing pagefile on a separate controler than where windows is installed is
better in perf, you are right.

Overview of memory dump file options for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP,
and Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/254649/en-us

It's clearly state that it needs pagefile on the boot volume. I guess it
first dump the memory to the pagefile and then copy it to the dump folder.

You can let a pagefile of 200M to get kernel dump, which is mostly always
enough.

--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"mhowell" <mhowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with 4 gb of RAM.
>
> Wouldn't placing the page file on the D: be the best thing to do since I
> have high paging?
> The D: is a seperate drive since it is a Storage Area Network.
>
> When you make the change it warns you that the system will not be able to
> create debugging information if a stop error occurs. I don't understand
> this
> because you have the option to put a path in where the dump file will
> goto.
>
> The default is %SystemRoot%\MEMORY.DMP. However, you can change that to
> D:\MEMORY.DMP.
 
Re: moving your page file

Yeah, that makes sense. However, if I want a full dump then I guess Ill have
to put a large page file on c:.

"Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> you may counter high paging by adding more memory (i guess you already know
> that)
>
> Storing pagefile on a separate controler than where windows is installed is
> better in perf, you are right.
>
> Overview of memory dump file options for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP,
> and Windows 2000
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/254649/en-us
>
> It's clearly state that it needs pagefile on the boot volume. I guess it
> first dump the memory to the pagefile and then copy it to the dump folder.
>
> You can let a pagefile of 200M to get kernel dump, which is mostly always
> enough.
>
> --
> Cordialement,
> Mathieu CHATEAU
> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>
>
> "mhowell" <mhowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A29FCDF1-85F7-4D3B-BEEB-D38A8B01A665@microsoft.com...
> >I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with 4 gb of RAM.
> >
> > Wouldn't placing the page file on the D: be the best thing to do since I
> > have high paging?
> > The D: is a seperate drive since it is a Storage Area Network.
> >
> > When you make the change it warns you that the system will not be able to
> > create debugging information if a stop error occurs. I don't understand
> > this
> > because you have the option to put a path in where the dump file will
> > goto.
> >
> > The default is %SystemRoot%\MEMORY.DMP. However, you can change that to
> > D:\MEMORY.DMP.
>
>
 
Re: moving your page file

you got it.
It must equal RAM + 1M

--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"mhowell" <mhowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D0140606-4AD3-4EAF-9F3C-9D84AACBCA91@microsoft.com...
> Yeah, that makes sense. However, if I want a full dump then I guess Ill
> have
> to put a large page file on c:.
>
> "Mathieu CHATEAU" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> you may counter high paging by adding more memory (i guess you already
>> know
>> that)
>>
>> Storing pagefile on a separate controler than where windows is installed
>> is
>> better in perf, you are right.
>>
>> Overview of memory dump file options for Windows Server 2003, Windows XP,
>> and Windows 2000
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/254649/en-us
>>
>> It's clearly state that it needs pagefile on the boot volume. I guess it
>> first dump the memory to the pagefile and then copy it to the dump
>> folder.
>>
>> You can let a pagefile of 200M to get kernel dump, which is mostly always
>> enough.
>>
>> --
>> Cordialement,
>> Mathieu CHATEAU
>> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>> "mhowell" <mhowell@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:A29FCDF1-85F7-4D3B-BEEB-D38A8B01A665@microsoft.com...
>> >I have a Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with 4 gb of RAM.
>> >
>> > Wouldn't placing the page file on the D: be the best thing to do since
>> > I
>> > have high paging?
>> > The D: is a seperate drive since it is a Storage Area Network.
>> >
>> > When you make the change it warns you that the system will not be able
>> > to
>> > create debugging information if a stop error occurs. I don't
>> > understand
>> > this
>> > because you have the option to put a path in where the dump file will
>> > goto.
>> >
>> > The default is %SystemRoot%\MEMORY.DMP. However, you can change that
>> > to
>> > D:\MEMORY.DMP.
>>
>>
 
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