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echo: nthelp
to: Robert Comer
from: Ellen K
date: 2004-06-24 17:10:26
subject: Re: NT Swapfiles

I would LOVE to have a disk just for the swap file but like I said before I
only get six and I need all of them.

> From: "Robert Comer" 
>> What exactly "ducky" means ? Good or bad ?
> Good.
>> So, if Win * WorkStation has 1G RAM, 2 HDD, the right/fast/memory dump
> free
>> combination would be 64-128MB RAM on sys/boot part., 1.2G - 1.4G on the
>> other non-boot part. ?!
> Yep, but it depends on the load, I use the least used disk for the swap
> files -- you don't want to put swap on your data disk if it's already
> getting hit all the time.
> I've been known to add a disk just for the swap file.  And I also use fixed
> sized swap files, not expanding ones...
>> iRL
> ?
> - Bob Comer
> "Hrvoje Mesing"  wrote in message
> news:40db2044{at}w3.nls.net...
>> 
>> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
>> news:40daf8b8$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > It works well on NT4 too, though I'd allocate 64M on the system
>> partition...
>> >
>> > - Bob Comer
>> 
>> 
>> > "Frank Haber"  wrote in message
>> > news:40daf579$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > > Ellen jogged my memory.
>> > >
>> > > With Win 2000 workstation, if you have two physical hard drives,
> keeping
>> > just
>> > > 20MB of swap on the boot drive and putting the big one
on the second
> HD
>> > works
>> > > just ducky.  How about NT4 Server SP6?
>> > >
>> > > I have clients still using NT for odds and ends, and the
SCSI drives
> are
>> > > getting a bit small for current filesizes.  I've moved user/client
>> storage
>> > to
>> > > something more economical, but the vertical apps have to
be on NT4,
> and
>> 6
>> > +
>> > > 9GB is getting tight.
>> 
>> ---
>> 
>> *uhm!*
>> 
>> What exactly "ducky" means ? Good or bad ?
>> 
>> So, if Win * WorkStation has 1G RAM, 2 HDD, the right/fast/memory dump
> free
>> combination would be 64-128MB RAM on sys/boot part., 1.2G - 1.4G on the
>> other non-boot part. ?!
>> 
>> Im interested in iRL facts.
>> 
>> 
>> ---
>> M.
>> 
>> 

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