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You should have a paging file regardless...
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You should have a paging file regardless...

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Can you explain why and what's the advantages and disadvantages?
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Can you explain why and what's the advantages and disadvantages?

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Bingo, I concur. &nbsp;Thank you!
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I have a client that doesn't set any paging file on any drives. &nbsp;The servers are very beefy though 96GB RAM. &nbsp;Is that an okay practice or the paging file is necessary on any servers?<br />
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Thanks.
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I have a client that doesn't set any paging file on any drives.  The servers are very beefy though 96GB RAM.  Is that an okay practice or the paging file is necessary on any servers?

Thanks.

No paging file on beefy servers.

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