Re: Virtual memory on systems with a lot of RAM
- From: "R. McCarty" <PcEngWork-NoSpam_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 06:13:32 -0500
Yes, It's a misconception that disabling the Pagefile is beneficial.
In fact if you do disable it, XP will quietly create a temporary
one in C:\Windows\System32\TempPF.Sys regardless of your
settings in System Properties.
Programs are written to take advantage of Virtual Memory.
You can monitor Pagefile usage with a counter in Perfmon.Msc.
Even with heavy application loading you'll likely see only 50-100
Megabytes of traffic on the pagefile.
My desktop has 2.0 Gigabytes of RAM and my pagefile use is
currently at 21.2 Megabytes.
I'd suggest you read an article written by the late Alex Nichol, MVP:
http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm
"Miha" <Miha@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C1F68118-8D8C-42DF-A66C-6EB030681C16@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello.
I just recently bought two additionally RAM sticks and put all together
into
my XP box. Now I have 2.5 gigs so I wonder is there any need for having
Virtual memory. My pc usage is mainly surrounded by basic things (Word,
Outlook, Adobe Reader, WMP, .) plus some testing in Virtual Server 2005
R2.
Would I need VM anyway since I never go over 2 gigs?
Miha
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