I'm getting warnings from exBPA now for my page file. This article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738135.aspx is saying page file should be 1.05xphysical RAM. I've always understood the rule to be 1.5xRAM. Could this be a typo in BPA's ruleset? Why the change? Why are there still plenty of articles recommending 1.5 RAM. Do I really need to reduce the page file size on all my servers? What are the impacts if we do this? Thanks.
The size of the Paging File is not consensual. My advice is: if ExBPA recommends it, do it! (for your Exchange servers, of course) As a bonus, here's a cool link for you :-) What is the Page File for anyway? http://blogs.technet.com/askperf/archive/2007/12/14/what-is-the-page-file-for-anyway.aspx -- Rui Silva MVP Windows Server System - Exchange Server Blog "subject: exchange", http://msmvps.com/ehlo wrote in message news:c1565dc8-e776-484a-94db-e91d71ac4aa1@c23g2000hsa.googlegroups.com... > I'm getting warnings from exBPA now for my page file. This article > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb738135.aspx is saying > page file should be 1.05xphysical RAM. I've always understood the > rule > to be 1.5xRAM. Could this be a typo in BPA's ruleset? Why the change? > Why are there still plenty of articles recommending 1.5 RAM. Do I > really need to reduce the page file size on all my servers? What are > the impacts if we do this? Thanks.
I know what the paging file is. I'm an MCSE. What I'm wondering is, why is Microsoft suddenly changing their page file size recommendation. Or could this be a typo. For years the recco has been 1.5 x RAM. Now it's 1.05 x RAM? I'm wondering if that's a typo in the exBPA ruleset. Or if it's not. What's the rationale. Thanks.
How much ram have you got in the machine? This may be the reason to what you're seeing. The concensus is for the page file is physical ram + 10mb when it's 4GB of ram or over. Oliver wrote in message news:3d1e5a51-b156-41c2-bed7-71af141822dd@21g2000hsj.googlegroups.com... >I know what the paging file is. I'm an MCSE. What I'm wondering is, > why is Microsoft suddenly changing their page file size > recommendation. Or could this be a typo. For years the recco has been > 1.5 x RAM. Now it's 1.05 x RAM? I'm wondering if that's a typo in the > exBPA ruleset. Or if it's not. What's the rationale. Thanks.
