Re: Pagefile problem...here is a strange one!
- From: "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 11:09:51 -0700
Will wrote:
I also have 1G ram for Mce2005 and do not use a pagefile. Reduce on
error from complete to small dump. Frees up 1+gig of disk. Never any
problems.
Regardless of how much RAM you have, running without a page file is a
mistake.
1. If you don't have a page file, you can't use all the RAM you have. That's
because Windows preallocates virtual memory in anticipation of a possible
need for it, even though that allocated virtual memory may never be used.
Without a page file, that allocation has to be made in real memory, thus
tying up that memory and preventing it from being used for any purpose.
2. There is never a benefit in not having a page file. If it isn't needed,
it won't be used. Don't confuse allocated memory with used memory.
If you haven't had a problem doing this, consider yourself lucky.
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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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