PagedPoolSize size recommendation on a Windows 2003 server

[Jeremy]

Hi,

Is there a recommended setting for PagedPoolSize on a Windows 2003
Terminal Server.

I'm getting an error that states that the "System could not allocate
the required space in a registry log" when writing to the
"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\..." key. From what I have read the
registry size is governed by the PagedPoolSize. Even though the
registry size under Windows 2003 is supposed to be dynamic, and the
RegistrySizeLimit key no longer needs to be set, I think it still has
a limit.

From the Windows 2000 world, the registry can not exceed 80% of the
PagedPoolSize. Therefore if PagedPoolSize=128MB, max registry size is
128MB * .80 = 102MB. Does this still apply to Windows 2003?

Interestingly, I have found that a reboot clears the problem, so I'm
unsure what it is I should be looking for.

The servers in this farm are HP DL360 G4s & DL380 G4s with at least
2GB of RAM.

Cheers,
Jeremy.

 

[Dave Patrick]

These may help.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312362/EN-US/
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555041
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...en-us/sysinfo/base/registry_storage_space.asp


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:
| Hi,
|
| Is there a recommended setting for PagedPoolSize on a Windows 2003
| Terminal Server.
|
| I'm getting an error that states that the "System could not allocate
| the required space in a registry log" when writing to the
| "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\..." key. From what I have read the
| registry size is governed by the PagedPoolSize. Even though the
| registry size under Windows 2003 is supposed to be dynamic, and the
| RegistrySizeLimit key no longer needs to be set, I think it still has
| a limit.
|
| From the Windows 2000 world, the registry can not exceed 80% of the
| PagedPoolSize. Therefore if PagedPoolSize=128MB, max registry size is
| 128MB * .80 = 102MB. Does this still apply to Windows 2003?
|
| Interestingly, I have found that a reboot clears the problem, so I'm
| unsure what it is I should be looking for.
|
| The servers in this farm are HP DL360 G4s & DL380 G4s with at least
| 2GB of RAM.
|
| Cheers,
| Jeremy.

 

[Jeremy]

The first article is interesting.

Although the 3rd article states that for Windows 2003/XP "the views of
the registry files are mapped in the computer cache address space.
Therefore, regardless of the size of the registry data, it is not
charged more than 4 megabytes (MB). There are no longer any explicit
limits on the total amount of space that may be consumed by hives in
paged pool memory, and in disk space. The size of the system hive is
limited only by physical memory."

This can't be completely true if I am receiving the error that the
"System could not allocate the required space in a registry log"

Cheers,
Jeremy.