Pagefile win2k3

[sparkeh]

I just noticed that our 2k3 server was setup with two pagefiles set on different drives.

 

I understood that this is not a good thing to do - am I correct in this thinking?

Just wanna check before I disable it.

 

Cheers.

[Michael]

If you have 4 physical drives in your server (for example), it is recommended you do this (split across all drives).

 

If you have 1 physical drive with two partitions, you'll gain nothing whatsoever.

 

Hope this makes sense.

[sahmeepee]

Here are the pagefile recommendations for Server 2k3. Obviously if you have a RAID setup, be aware of which volumes are truly on different physical disks.

 

(Summary:

keep a pagefile on c:\ if that is your boot volume - it will allow for memory dumps to be created

create a 2nd pagefile on a separate physical disk to improve performance

if possible create a separate volume on the separate disk which only stores a pagefile)