Page file question

[Amtrak]

Everyone always to move the page file to a different drive from the OS. I've always been curious how much of an impact this makes, especially when moving the paging file from a high speed drive to a lower speed drive. For example, would I see any performance benefit to moving my paging file from my VelociRaptor onto the WD Caviar Black?

[Big_Baller]

which OS are we talking about here?

[CGR]

I dont think the speed of the drive really matters. The reason it is suggested is to separate the paging from the OS read/writes.

As for performance, it used to be an issue on slower machines, I dont know about with todays hardware. I still put the page file on a separate drive though.

[Amtrak]

Well, Vista/Windows 7. Didn't really think it made much difference.

[SuperMiguel]

Well, Vista/Windows 7. Didn't really think it made much difference.

it wont make a big difference... dont worry about it

[Amtrak]

As for performance, it used to be an issue on slower machines, I dont know about with todays hardware. I still put the page file on a separate drive though.

That's what I assumed. I've played around with it on same/different drives and was never able to tell any difference. Was wondering if anyone else did.

[tuskenraider]

It may still get used by the clunky Windows OS even with 6Gb of RAM, but I'd say put it anywhere it's convenient, it won't be used much.

[Super Nade]

Put your page file on a non-OS drive if you are running an SSD.

[tuskenraider]

Put your page file on a non-OS drive if you are running an SSD.Signatures FTW! :beer:

[MongGrel]

Yeah, I put my pagefile on my storage RE3's myself, seems to work well :)

:beer:

[Bobnova]

I turned my page file off in XP32 (so 3gig cap), i didn't notice the slightest difference in performance of anything.

[freeagent]

i dont use one either (vista + 7x64)