Now a page file question

[wrangler]

Thanks to all who responded in my 2 Velociraptor raid or non-raid thread.

So, I've decided to install the second drive non-raid and am wondering what will help the most.

OS and page file on the first drive, games on the second. OS and games on the first moving the page file to the second.

OR..........I've actually seen it recommended to put a second page file on the new drive so that Vista can use whichever one is not busy but then do I put games on the first drive or the second drive?

OR.......Am I being too anal-retentive..........just install the second drive and use it for games and let Vista do what it do?

 

[bsobel]

OR.......Am I being too anal-retentive..........just install the second drive and use it for games and let Vista do what it do?

Thats my vote. Get enough memory that your not likely to be paging, then dont worry about it.

 

[BlueAcolyte]

Vista can manage its own page file, just put it on the same drive as vista.

 

[wrangler]

Originally posted by: bsobel

OR.......Am I being too anal-retentive..........just install the second drive and use it for games and let Vista do what it do?

Thats my vote. Get enough memory that your not likely to be paging, then dont worry about it.

I try to read a lot before I come in here with my little questions and the consensus seems to be with both XP and Vista that you could have 64Gb of ram and they are still going to want a page file and will use it no matter how much physical ram you have. If you turn it off or make it too small, they will complain that your out of memory even though your not and blah blah blah ad nauseum.........really what I do is read too much and then get confused.......

I kind of thought the anal-retentive option would get an early vote but it's true.

This is about the 3rd time I've wiped everything out and re-installed so I want this one to last for a while and just use the damn computer.

OK then. Non-Raid. Use the second for games and such and let Vista take over the first drive.

Writing 0's as we speak. Sure wish DLG would let you do both drives at the same time.

 

[Comdrpopnfresh]

1+ for : 'get enough memory to disable the pagefile'
If you choose to keep the pagefile, keep it away from the OS-install drive. If you keep it on the os-install drive, also add paging space to the second drive to reduce access latency to the pagefile. consider using a fast flash drive/card for readyboost if you feel you cannot disable the pagefile.

 

[theAnimal]

Originally posted by: Comdrpopnfresh
1+ for : 'get enough memory to disable the pagefile'
If you choose to keep the pagefile, keep it away from the OS-install drive. If you keep it on the os-install drive, also add paging space to the second drive to reduce access latency to the pagefile. consider using a fast flash drive/card for readyboost if you feel you cannot disable the pagefile.

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[tcsenter]

Use a second disk for a paging file in its own exclusive partition. If you want successful kernel memory dumps, there must be a nominal paging file on the boot partition as well (2GB + 24MB will be the max for 32-bit kernel memory dumps). Windows will most utilize the paging file located on the partition/disk with the least I/O activity, which we want to be the second disk. If using IDE drives, configure each drive as master on separate IDE channels (SATA won't matter). For example:

Physical Disk 1
Partition 1 = OS boot/system
Partition 2 = Program/application files

Physical Disk 2
Partition 1 = Paging file
Partition 2 = LRU stuff

How to configure paging files for optimization and recovery in Windows XP

Or experiment on your own and let us know the results.

 

[bsobel]

I try to read a lot before I come in here with my little questions and the consensus seems to be with both XP and Vista that you could have 64Gb of ram and they are still going to want a page file and will use it no matter how much physical ram you have.

I run with 32gb, and just let vista manage my page file. Trust me, it doesn't page unless you commit more pages than you have physical memory for.