windows 2000 paging file size

[scroce]

what are the ramifications of increasing a paging file size?

I have win2k pro running with 256k of mem. Some of my users (including myself) have lately been getting the "system low on virtual memory" error, due mostly, i think, to some background antivirus apps that global IS has rolled out. This message seems to affect only our machines, not the newer xp's that have 500+ ram

So I'm considering bumping up the size of the paging file. Right now two of the w2k machines are set at 384-768. The other is set at 256-512 (this seems to be the one with the most problems)

These machines are strictly business use, running email, internet browser, word, excel docs simultaneously.

I know that you can set a paging file size too high - degrading performance, so what are some guidlines i should follow, and what should I watch for?


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[jrbarnett]

The Microsoft recommendation is 1.5 x the size of physical installed memory, so for 256Mb you would have it set to 384, for 512 you would have it set to 768Mb etc.

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...00/server/reskit/en-us/core/fnec_evl_fhcj.asp

John

 

[scroce]

ok - thanks for the tip!

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