I fixed the sizes of all my page file. Same size for initial
and max. Wouldn't profit me otherwise, since I dedicated
the partition. Also prevents eventual fragmentation.
Sorry, in my earlier answer I didn't answer about disk speed.
Yes, disk speed of the paging file is good. I have no
real feel for just how much it may mean. Also, it depends
on the speed of the disks your applications require and the
pattern of access they have. This is far to complicated
to make general statements about, that is, it depends too
much on the details of exactly what you're doing. Don't
bother to explain, I mean on the internal details. You'd
have to do a LOT of performance analysis to determine it.
Suffice it to say that my approach was to allocate a FAT
partition (faster) rather than use my faster disk. Though
space and partition considerations were also included in
this. Even more important, which is probably THE biggest
factor, I put my page file on the drive (yes, drive, not
partition) which I expect to have the lowest traffic
other than paging. I think that and eliminating fragmentation
are probably the two most important considerations.
Again, I warn you I'm doing a lot of guesswork here. Take it
for what it's worth, which is likely about what you paid
for it <g>.
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