Re: page file in RAM only
Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2010 12:13 pm
We did a further test on XP sp3
It seems that the order of paging files to be increased is determined by their order in the "Pagingfiles" value at registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\MemoryManagement
Continue with the previous post and let's say two paging files
(harddisk) C:\pagefile.sys 20MB~1000MB
(ramdisk) Z:\pagefile.sys 500MB~1000MB
The "Pagingfiles" value will be
C:\pagefile.sys 20 1000
Z:\pagefile.sys 500 1000
The first one to be increased shall be C:\pagefile.sys when the initial 520MB is used up.
If we change the order to
Z:\pagefile.sys 500 1000
C:\pagefile.sys 20 1000
Then the first one to be increased will be Z:\pagefile.sys
Of course, as jer1956 said, System Tab control always restores the order. To prevent this, you may try the method as jmatwyko provided.
It seems that the order of paging files to be increased is determined by their order in the "Pagingfiles" value at registry
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\MemoryManagement
Continue with the previous post and let's say two paging files
(harddisk) C:\pagefile.sys 20MB~1000MB
(ramdisk) Z:\pagefile.sys 500MB~1000MB
The "Pagingfiles" value will be
C:\pagefile.sys 20 1000
Z:\pagefile.sys 500 1000
The first one to be increased shall be C:\pagefile.sys when the initial 520MB is used up.
If we change the order to
Z:\pagefile.sys 500 1000
C:\pagefile.sys 20 1000
Then the first one to be increased will be Z:\pagefile.sys
Of course, as jer1956 said, System Tab control always restores the order. To prevent this, you may try the method as jmatwyko provided.