pagefile.sys location and usage

[Peter Marshall]

Being a bit short of space on my servers' C: drive I have set up a second
pagefile.sys file on the D: drive (using jsiinc tip 1394) - my question is
what to do next.

Will Windows use C:\pagefile.sys, then overflow to D:\pagefile.sys?
Or should I delete C:\pagefile.sys altogether?

Thanks

Peter

 

[Jerold Schulman]

Being a bit short of space on my servers' C: drive I have set up a second
pagefile.sys file on the D: drive (using jsiinc tip 1394) - my question is
what to do next.

Will Windows use C:\pagefile.sys, then overflow to D:\pagefile.sys?
Or should I delete C:\pagefile.sys altogether?

Thanks

Peter

If you don't care about recording a memory dump, you can remove the pagefile on
C:., if the D: pagefile is at leat RAM * 1.5

or you could reduce C: to RAM + 12MB

Windows will use the least busy pagefile at each write.



Jerold Schulman
Windows: General MVP
JSI, Inc.
http://www.jsiinc.com