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To: Len who wrote (3575)11/16/1998 7:59:00 PM
From: Spots   of 14778
 
>>I have my pagefiles set as a constant number

I set mine variable because I never know when I will
overrun the maximum I think I will need. Like Sean,
I do indeed set my swap space based on the max I think
I'll ever need to reserve it. But then on top of
that I add a variable size in case I figured wrong.
The worst that ever happens is I can't allocate it
if I need it, which exactly what would always be true
if I had allocated a fixed size in the first place.
So I will fail at worst as often as you if you allocate
a fixed size, and at best much less frequently.
Hopefully both of our failure rates will be zero.
Unfortunately, my rate is not zero. Thus my reasoning.

So, no, I don't buy into a fixed-size swap space, but
I DO agree that the min should be set to the maximum
you think you will ever need, for exactly the reason
Sean stated.

This is just a nit's worth of difference, IMO.
I've been trapped enough that I always look for a way out.
I once went into plan E, so now I have plans F and G ...
<ggg>.

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