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virtual memory size
Name: Lez Burns Date: November 27, 2003 at 08:34:50 Pacific OS: NT CPU/Ram: 1GHz 256
Comment:
What would happen if i increased my virtual memory size to its maximum. Would it be a waste of disk space and slow the system down?
Name: wanderer Date: November 27, 2003 at 14:00:34 Pacific
Reply:
You certainly could waste disk space and slow the system down. But why not accurately size your pagefile according to how the system is using it?
If you go to NT diagnostics [off the admin menu] then click on the memory tab. What you want to monitor is the max used. Longer you are up and the more apps you run at the same time will display a more accurate max used stat. Round this stat up and set your min and max pagefile to this figure.
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Response Number 2
Name: Jennifer SUMN Date: December 3, 2003 at 12:29:49 Pacific
Summary: I HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION ABOUT VIRTUAL MEMORY SETTINGS IN WINDOWS NT. WHEN ONE GOES INTO SETTINGS/CONTROL PANEL/SYSTEM/PERFORMANCE AND CHANGES THE PAGING FILE SIZE FOR A PARTICULAR DRIVE, DOES THAT P...
Summary: Hi, if u r having multiple partions u should create vm on all partions, in all the cases windows nt tries to load virtual memory of all partions, so it is recommended to create virtual memory in al...
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