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You should tell us what your server does. &nbsp;That would help substantially.<br />
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I agree with the previous comment. &nbsp;If your page file is being accessed to any serious degree, then you should add RAM. &nbsp;Knowing what your server does would help us guess where the bottlenecks are and suggest what might help and why.<br />

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You should tell us what your server does.  That would help substantially.

I agree with the previous comment.  If your page file is being accessed to any serious degree, then you should add RAM.  Knowing what your server does would help us guess where the bottlenecks are and suggest what might help and why.


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We presently have an HP ML350 G4 Windows 2003 Server with an HP Smart Array 641. &nbsp;The server is (4) years old but has run without fail - based several factors - we are looking at tuning options to improve performance. &nbsp;<br />
One suggestion is to move the pagefile off the RAID 5 drives and move to an independent drive. &nbsp;For us this would require installing a SATA Controller and drive (maybe SSD) - one of my engineers says don't bother the other says it will improve performance.<br />
I am hoping The Experts can break the tie<br />
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Thanks in advance.<br />

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We presently have an HP ML350 G4 Windows 2003 Server with an HP Smart Array 641.  The server is (4) years old but has run without fail - based several factors - we are looking at tuning options to improve performance.  
One suggestion is to move the pagefile off the RAID 5 drives and move to an independent drive.  For us this would require installing a SATA Controller and drive (maybe SSD) - one of my engineers says don't bother the other says it will improve performance.
I am hoping The Experts can break the tie

Thanks in advance.


Adding SATA Controller

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

Storage

Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.