Sunday 31 March 2013

Adjust Page File / Virtual Memory on Server 2008

* Before making any changes we strongly suggest reading the following guide from Microsoft on how to determine the appropriate page file size for 64-bit versions of Windows.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889654

* Click Start > Right Click Computer > Select Properties

* Click Advanced System Settings

* Select Advanced Tab and Click Settings Button

* Click Advanced Tab

* On this screen you can change how Windows handles processor importance, for Programs or Background Services.

"The processor scheduling section controls how much processor time Windows devotes to a program or process. The processor has a finite amount of resources to divide among the various applications. Choosing the Programs option will devote the most processor time to the program running in the foreground. Choosing Background Services allocates equal processor time to all running services. If have are experiencing slow-running programs, you could try setting the processor scheduling to Programs."

* Click Change which will load the Virtual Memory Window

* If you remove the check from 'Automatically manage paging file for all drives' you can set a custom size that you wish.

Note that any change you make here will require a restart of the server before changes can take place.

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