Comments on: Move and Optimize Windows Vista’s Paging File

By: Brent Trahan

Brent Trahan — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:35:10 +0000

It’s best to leave the page file size up to Windows. It’s been programmed to configure the page file at its optimal settings based on your computer.

By: Aakash

Aakash — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 02:39:49 +0000

Is it still recommended to set the paging file to a static number? Back in XP era, to avoid fragmentation issues, it was recommended that the paging file’s min and max limits were set to be the same to avoid having the paging file constantly shrink and grow. Is it still recommended to keep the paging file’s size static in Vista also?

Thanks.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:37:17 +0000

Yeah, I like tweaking things though. The more performance I can get with my hardware, the better.

By: Brent Trahan

Brent Trahan — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:35:59 +0000

Wow, that’s one hell of a setup Jon. 3 paging files wouldn’t hurt but I think you won’t notice a difference with all of the horsepower you already have.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:07:57 +0000

What about 3 paging files? I have 2 10k RPM 150Gb WD Raptors in a hardware raid 0 for my OS and installed applications, as well as 2 500Gb 7200.10 Seagate Barracuda’s. As I don’t have Vista Ultimate, no striping the 2 500Gb drives. My mobo uses a SiliconImage Sil4723 chip with a jumper for the hardware SATA raid, but NVRAID supports up to 7 drives in RAID mode (5 additional SATA and 2 IDE). I may look into using that for striping my 2nd two drives, but… in the meantime would it be more beneficial to have 2 paging files on the barracudas, or 3 total paging files?

I also have 4Gb of memory and 4Gb ReadyBoost, so the swap isn’t really that needed I guess.

Also, the Raptors are not SATA II, so they only run a 1.5GBs, but they are much faster in terms of RPM. Would it still be better to keep then swap files off the main OS/apps drive? Or am I just pondering minor improvements.

Sorry this belongs in the forum, but I started it here, was not meant to be this long.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:08:14 +0000

I have two partitions on the same hard drive. I use the D: drive for storing games and the C: drive for other things. I have a user managed paging file on both drives. How can I remedy this only giving high performance to the D: drive?

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:02:23 +0000

If your page file is system managed and on the same partition (C:\), then the swap file may become fragmented, decreasing performance. It’s not all black and white.

By: Ste

Ste — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:19:13 +0000

ava - have you read this page? Well the answer is no, it will slow things down as the read/write head has to move all over the place on the drive.

By: ava

ava — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:39:31 +0000

Doesn’t it speed up performance to move the paging file to a different partition, even if that partition is on the same physical drive?