Swap file size recommendation

[gramatoncleric]

What is the recommended swap file size when running XP pro on let's say a P4 2.4 ghz machine with 512 mb of ram? I know that windows can manage the swap file size. If I run a gig of memory shouldn't I limit how large I should let the swap file grow to by setting an initial and max size and what should these be for let's say 512MB of ram and what should it be for a gig of ram?

Scot Trodick

http://www.procnsultancy.com/

 

[bcastner]

For anything less than 1gb of memory either of these rules should be fine:

. 1.5 times physical RAM; or,
. 12 MB + physical RAM as a minimum

See

http://aumha.org/win5/a/xpvm.htm

http://www.petri.co.il/pagefile_optimization.htm

 

[BadBigBen]

I second that what bcastner has stated...

on one of my system, I do have a swap file set at actually 2x (512mb = 1024mb) Fixed (Static) on a seperated partition, formated with FAT32...



Ben

If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer...

 

[JFBouchard]

Hi, I knew that is was best to have 1.5X the amount of RAM fixed size on other partition than the system but:

Why FAT32? is there a reason i'm unaware of?

Hope this helps. Please let know if this resolve your issue

Jeff

 

[BadBigBen]

Actually, at todays speed of Data Transfer between an HD and Mobo, it doesn't matter...
this is a left over from older days, where FAT was faster than NTFS...



Ben

If it works don't fix it! If it doesn't use a sledgehammer...

 

[bcastner]

For small partitions one could still argue that the cluster size assignments given by FAT32 make the filestore in this situation more efficient in speed, and the overhead associated with NTFS in small partitions gives the edge to FAT32 in effective and usuable file space.

But this is for the real propeller-heads; it really would not matter in any practical way for you using either filestore.

 

[cdogg]

And just to add to what Bill said... On larger partitions particularly over 80GB, NTFS actually gets a bit of the leaning edge in overall performance, which generally increases the higher you go.

~cdogg
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