Question: How does everyone set their page/swap files for windows virtual memory?
Hit me up in the comments on how you set your Windows page file?
I set mine to be double my physical memory and I make it static. If I have 2gb of memory I make my swap file 4gb for the high and low. I feel when the os doesnt have to keep shifting this file size around as I do highly memory intesive shizzzznit, it benifits whatever file operation i’m doing.
I also try to put the swap file on its own partition.
What do you Admins do? Let us know…
_TheAdmiN_
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about 4 years ago
I usually set it at like 3000 on both fields, with a set size so windows doesnt have to resize the the page file all the time. Been doin it since windows 95.
about 4 years ago
Yup same here just keepin’ old skool. win 95 ol’ skool
about 4 years ago
stupid newb question – how do i set the swap and what does it do?
about 4 years ago
I set the page file on a separate partition (Like Linux Swap), and twice the amount of RAM. I actually set the amount of RAM for the low, and twice the size of ram for the high.
I also try to defrag the page file at every boot using sysinternals pagedefrag.
about 4 years ago
Alex:
Right Click “My Computer”> Click on the Advanced tab> Select performance settings> Click on the Advanced tab again> then click on the change button at the bottom. There You can change your page file settings.
Swap or page is your computer’s virtual memory.
about 3 years ago
I just don’t use any swap file, with enough RAM, you can do without and it’s blazing fast!
about 3 years ago
How much memory do you have and what OS are you running?
about 3 years ago
I have always set the fixed size to twice the real RAM. From the perspective of operating systems and file management services, a fixed size file is more easily managed than a variable size file – when it comes to windows performance in particular, less (less management of the swap file) is more (more efficient operation).
I have a question for some of you – why do you put the swap file on a separate partition? What do you expect to gain from it? I am guessing you are using a separate partition on the same physical drive, am I correct? If you put swap on a separate physical drive, then yes you will get more efficient windows operation; if you put it on the same physical drive, you may actually experience decreased performance as the disk heads now have to move away from the application disk areas, and to the swap area, only to go back to the application area to get more data, then back to the swap area to page out even more memory, then … well, I think you get the picture. if you only have 1 physical disk, a single fixed-size swap file, located in the middle of the allocated data, is the most efficient.
-Dave
about 3 years ago
That is correct Dave – but if you do have 2 separate drives you would then realize the benefit of keeping the swap and your file system separate.
about 3 years ago
Anyone tried placing the page file on a dedicated flash drive only?
about 3 years ago
How fast a drive? It could slow down performance if the drive is older.
about 3 years ago
I’ve got Kingston, Toshiba, and Sandisk. All quite new. How does one go about testing their ‘speeds?’
Really I was wondering about the impact on system configuration, if any.