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W2k professional sets automatically the amount of the swap file when installed but im curious: have installed it on two different machines, one with 64MB RAM and another with 128MB. in the 128MB windows set 192 for initial and 384MB for maximum virtual memory, in the 64MB it created a semi-permanent file of 96 or 92-128 or 192 (cant remember exactly). the fact is that in the system with less RAM memory it created a smaller virtual memory than that in the system with more memory. why is that? shouldnt it be right the opposite?
thanks.
default would be 1.5 min x 2 that max, this win assignment could be affected by several things like morethen one drive and drive size/available space/%
NT versions typically take the amount of RAM onboard, multiply it by 1.5 to get the minimum value, then multiplies by 3 to get the maximum.
A larger swapfile is usually more beneficial to a system with smaller amounts of memory but that's just the formula MS uses.
ITs best to set your Swap twice as much as your ram... Like I have 384 Ram my swap is 768 megs.
Oni, what you say about this?
I say larg amounts of ram should have smaller swap files.Swap files are used to assist in memory loads the more ram u have the less you want to use a swap file...
WHY ???? SPEED SPEED SPEED
Originally posted by diehrd
I say larg amounts of ram should have smaller swap files.Swap files are used to assist in memory loads the more ram u have the less you want to use a swap file...
WHY ???? SPEED SPEED SPEED
right. anyway my point is: thats really clear and almost everyone knows that so why did microsoft choose that kind of automatic setting? would it be because systems with a larger amount of memory r supposed to run hardcore applications and stuff?
we should expect right the opposite, or not? i dont know, am probably missing something about this.
I suspect BILLY BOY sets windows up like that because new systems do not come with a lot of ram.Typically 64 megs was stndard in a new system untill late this year when prices dropped due to slow sales in the computer market.
And even with these lame settings it works,and if it works slow people are ready to blame the system not billy boy theby running out for more ram,better vid cards,or a faster system....
The reason that MS suggests a larger swap file for larger amounts of RAM is to accommodate the size of the RAM in the event of a memory dump. Memory dumps occurre when the system crashes and are suppose to aid in determining why the system crashed and possibly in data recovery. My understanding is that they are not very useful other then in an enterprise environment, as the information contained in the memory dump is kind of obscure unless your a MS engineer. The 1.5 to 2 is a general rule of thumb, but probably not the most efficient use of dick space. But then again with 20+ GB who cares. There are ways to determine the best size for your system, they involve creating performance logs and trying various sizes of page file. Unless you really have a lot of time to kill or a really small HD they are probably not worth the effort. Icronic has a good article on this and MS talks about it in the KB.
Rarely anyone has small hd now.. So if you cant spare some few space for memory management then.. simple dont install it..
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