Paging file size for a 16gb memory server.



One of our servers has 16gb of memory. It's paging for is on the C drive and set to 2-4gb and the C drive is 30gb in size.

Should the paging file be bigger and on a bigger partition:

c: 30gb
g: 35gb
h: 219gb
i: 135gb
j: 125gb

Thanks

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