Pagefile question with XP Pro

[Ordo1999]

I usually move the pagefile to a different partition on my disk, and set the min to the max so min and max are equal in size.

I read that his helps performance, is this true? Or should I just leave it the way XP sets it up?

PIII 733
256MB RAM
80GB drive

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Ordo1999
I usually move the pagefile to a different partition on my disk, and set the min to the max so min and max are equal in size.
I read that his helps performance, is this true? Or should I just leave it the way XP sets it up?
PIII 733
256MB RAM
80GB drive

Depends Usually the recommendation is to move the space file to a different physical drive. A seperate partition just means the heads need to seek accross the drive to satisfy a paging request. Your more likely to see better performance if you just leave it on the primary partition that everything else is being read from (any benefit to the fixed size and non fragmentation of the file will be quickly erroded by the seak overhead)

Bill

 

[corkyg]

I have long used a separate partition for the page file, and set the max to equal the min. The object is performance related - it is called stability. A pagefile that is dynamic is always changing, and if on C:\ drive, pushes all the files around and causes fragmentation. It's very easy to see that happen. With a default pagefile on C:\, optimize the drive and then reboot. Then optimize it again and you will see a lot has to be done.

Placing the pagefile on a separate partition of the same physical drive by itself eliminates that problem. Fragmentation affects performance significantly - therefore, anything that reduces fragmentation can improve performance.