Re: Pagefile size and distribution guidelines desired

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From: zrepachol
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 12:51

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In article <1h6c06INN9ks@gap.caltech.edu>, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
> In article <1992Dec21.092049.1074@beckman.com>, dsroberts@beckman.com writes:
...
> No.  For each system, you should have at most one page file on each disk. 
> Optimally, you should only have page files on local disks.  Once you've got
> page files on non-local disks, optimal placement is *HIGHLY* dependent on the
> characteristics of your particular cluster.

A thing I do is name them [000000]AAAPAGE.SYSn and AAASWAP.SYSn. This means backup
and friends copy them first, Smack in the middle of the drive! No further think-
ing required.

An 'emergency' file on a remote system is a good sanity check. Set it all up
so the remote files are 'never' used, if they are, panic.

~Paul

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