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Paging file in SBS2011
Hi,I have a server box with 24GB of RAM. In it, I have SBS2011 in a 200GB partition.
Currently about 80GB is free and pagefile.sys size is 36GB.
Is it necessary to keep the paging file size that big?
Can I reduce it? If I do, what am I going to loose or what are the dangers of reducing it?
Thanks.
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Won't take effect until you reboot, so you will need to at some point.
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While you are technically correct, very few people ever use anything other than a mini-dump these days. If it comes down to specific issue where he needs to have a full dump he can increase the page file.
Until then I'd stick with the 8gb, no sense cordoning off 24gb of a drive just for a file that is never going to be used.
While you are technically correct, very few people ever use anything other than a mini-dump these days. If it comes down to specific issue where he needs to have a full dump he can increase the page file.
Until then I'd stick with the 8gb, no sense cordoning off 24gb of a drive just for a file that is never going to be used.
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If keeping the size of paging file as big as physical memory size for the purpose of memory dump, in my experience with PCs, does not make a whole a lot of sense.
I have never been able to utilize memory dump to troubleshoot "BSOD" problem.
I have never been able to utilize memory dump to troubleshoot "BSOD" problem.
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