Swapfile decisions

[Alphonsis]

Howdy ya'll, thanks for taking the time to read my post. =c)

I was just wondering if there is anything I can do about my swapfile to increase performance.

Currently, I'm running a 2.6c pentium, 4x256 matched pair memory, UW 10k SCSI HD and a 7.2k storage ide drive with 8mb of cache.

I have the swapfile to be configued by windows, and set to be on the scsi hd. The scsi hd is also where my os is installed, and my games are installed onto the storage ide drive. With a gig of ram, when I start to play games like BF2 or WoW, my swapfile goes up into the 1.1-1.3GB range. When I leave the game, it drops to 150MB.

I understood the SF as being created when commit charge to the ram exceeds the physical amount of available ram.

Am I creating a burden on my system by having the swapfile on the same hd as the os, even if it is a faster drive? Should I get another gig of ram so that the amount of available physical memory exceeds the commit charge?

Thanks in advance!

 

[firerock]

1) Defrag your faster drive (OS)
2) Don't let window setup your VM, go in there and config it 1GB Min and 1GB Max. This way, your system won't go back and forth on setting your VM.
3) It's recommended not to set your VM in the same drive as your OS, but since you are playing games from another drive, I guess it is better to put it in your root drive.

I hope this helps...

 

[imported_fatih]

if u want more performance set your swapfile to another hdd (the hdd not in use) but it works efficiently on scsi. limiting swap file a reasonable level decreases the burden on scsi/hdd if u want to get max performance from swap file it must be maximum %7 or 9 of the capacity of disk .

 

[imported_fatih]

not 7 ==>> 0.7