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Windows Server Forum / Small Business Server / SBS 2000 / March 2004OT: Page File Size
Hi Everybodies, Soon I will be installing a Windows 2003 Terminal Server to work with a SBS 2000 Box. The Terminal Server is going to have 4GB of RAM. Normally I double the amount for minimum and maximum, but is a 8GB Page file over the top? The Drives in question are 38GB in a hardware mirror, with a dual Xeon CPU. Your thoughts are welcome. Mark The optimal size of a windows paging file depends on system activity. Anything you find on the 'net which suggests the windows paging file should be between x and y or x% and y% of real RAM is just a rule of thumb, nothing more. How many users? doing what? > Hi Everybodies, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Mark 15 users to start with, running office 2003 apps and a industry specific database package that has an access back end .. > Hi Everybodies, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Mark I'd try running a minimal paging file and see how the system performs, I'd expect it to fly. Now, what's minimal? It's possible to run windows with almost no paging file but you lose some functions (mainly debugging). I'd probably start at 4.2GB and increase it only if diagnosis suggested it was warranted. Actually, I reckon the box is a bit overspec'd. I'd like to compare performance of the system with 2GB of RAM running a 2.5-3GB page. > 15 users to start with, running office 2003 apps and a industry specific > database package that has an access back end .. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > > > Mark I do understand what you mean, it is just that we have a massive growth spurt coming up in the next 6-12 months, and RAM being so cheap at the moment ...... > Hi Everybodies, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Mark |
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