questions about virtual memory

[dreamcast4599]

ok so i currently run 32 gigs of ram and i run some older programs that refuse to install unless virtual memory is enabled would a static 48gig page file be to much or no? i cant afford to upgrade my ram atm

[GorujoCY]

how old is this program? I dont even think you need to page that much memory and i dont think it will work tbh

 

[SupaKomputa]

Just set the virtual memory to 4-8gb, unless the memory utilization is more than 32gb, which i doubt it will.

[Eigenvektor]

3 minutes ago, dreamcast4599 said:

ok so i currently run 32 gigs of ram and i run some older programs that refuse to install unless virtual memory is enabled would a static 48gig page file be to much or no? i cant afford to upgrade my ram atm

With 32 GB of memory, you shouldn't need such a large page file. The "normal" recommendation by Windows is to use RAM * 1.5, but in that case that is probably too much.

 

You could try setting it to auto, or maybe something like 4 GB.

[DoctorNick]

Set automatic

[dreamcast4599]

@DoctorNick i dont want to auto manage my page file i want a static page file that way theres less rights to the disk because the size will be static and windows wont have to make random write to the disk to increase or decrease the file

[DoctorNick]

2 minutes ago, dreamcast4599 said:

@DoctorNick i dont want to auto manage my page file i want a static page file that way theres less rights to the disk because the size will be static and windows wont have to make random write to the disk to increase or decrease the file

why?

[Guest]

6 minutes ago, dreamcast4599 said:

@DoctorNick i dont want to auto manage my page file i want a static page file that way theres less rights to the disk because the size will be static and windows wont have to make random write to the disk to increase or decrease the file

Your not granting it any more or less permissions than the system already has. Your page file being static or auto resized wont affect how often its read or written to, or how much data is read or written at a time. The only limitation you would be imposing is a minimum and maximum size, something which shouldn't be a concern unless your running out of ram space frequently.

[dreamcast4599]

@DoctorNick when page file is set to auto windows will adjust the page file aka raise or lower is size aka MB or GB as needed which results in many many hard disk write since the page file is constantly being adjusted as needed. with static size for example 48gb there are no random write because the size is static there are only writes when a file needs to be written to the page file

 

[dreamcast4599]

@Nayr438 im constantly maxing out my 32 gigs of ram on the daily

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, dreamcast4599 said:

@Nayr438 im constantly maxing out my 32 gigs of ram on the daily

Then you need more ram, not a larger page file. A page file is significantly slower and less reliable than system memory.

 

6 minutes ago, dreamcast4599 said:

@DoctorNick when page file is set to auto windows will adjust the page file aka raise or lower is size aka MB or GB as needed which results in many many hard disk write since the page file is constantly being adjusted as needed. with static size for example 48gb there are no random write because the size is static there are only writes when a file needs to be written to the page file

 

That's not how it works. The page file would only be updated as Data is allocated/altered in the file, on each update the descriptor would be updated writing that data regardless. If your falling back to the page file constantly anyways as you stated above, that file will constantly have data being written and read regardless.