What size for Virtual Memory

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I am a total novice when it comes to hardware settings.

I am using Windows Server 2012 64 Bit.

It has 12GB RAM. I have a C and virtual D drive.

The build is i5-2400 3.10 GHz.

There is no current settiugs for virtual memory.

What is the rule of thumb please?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 11 '14 at 19:12

By default, client version of Windows will allocate 1.5x the size of your physical memory in pagefile. That would be 18GB in your case. If you have two drives, I would recommend keeping the page file on the fastest of the two.

On a server, I would consider adding more memory instead.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 11 '14 at 19:15

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If you aren't having problems, and don't have a specific reason otherwise, then just let Windows automatically set it for you.

answered Dec 11 '14 at 19:15

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 11 '14 at 19:11

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If you're page swapping on a server (using virtual memory) I would suggest buying more memory. Your performance will suffer massively if page swapping is occurring. My rule of thumb is 0MB.

answered Dec 11 '14 at 19:11

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What size for Virtual Memory

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