with 8GB and 1T what should my paging size be

[blueskies5]

what should I set for my paging size and virtual memory. No one seems to have the answer to this even with all the PC geeks out there.

 

[SinxarKnights]

"System Managed"

 

[R4lNM4N]

Industry standard is one and a half times your system RAM (in Windows it's measured and set in MB.) For you that would be 8 x 1024 x 1.5 = 12288MB. Use that as the initial size and make the maximum size a few GB higher - say 14336.

All this really does performance wise is set aside a static chunk of your drive for virtual memory. You'll get a slight (probably unnoticeable) performance gain. Instead of Windows constantly calculating it, it's set to a pre determined initial and maximum size.

 

[USAFRet]

And on the flip side, I have 16GB RAM, and a 1GB pagefile.

If you're using a 1TB drive as your OS drive, just leave it at whatever Windows thinks.
I had mine set to small, due to a 120GB SSD OS drive.

 

[thently]

Unless you are having a very specific issue lave it to the system to handle this. I have read and used in practice on servers 1 gig more than Ram in system to 1.5 like the other guy said. It is just a place for ram to store info if it gets full. If you see a big system managed page file this means you need more ram anyway so in general not a good thing if you have a big system managed page file.

Thent

 

[R4lNM4N]

You can also use flash memory like a thumb drive or SD card for your paging file. In the case your system uses or "swaps" into the swap file it's faster than HDD's. Microsoft calls this technology "ready boost." Here's a quick google link on how to set it up

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#q=set%20up%20ready%20boost&es_th=1

 

[USAFRet]

You can also use flash memory like a thumb drive or SD card for your paging file. In the case your system uses or "swaps" into the swap file it's faster than HDD's. Microsoft calls this technology "ready boost." Here's a quick google link on how to set it up

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&es_th=1&ie=UTF-8#q=set%20up%20ready%20boost&es_th=1

ReadyBoost is a thing that never took off. Why? NOT NEEDED.
With a large drive, just leave the pagefile on the drive, and set to the default.

 

[R4lNM4N]

Unnecessary enough to be in every Windows version since Windows XP through the current version 10? It helps in some cases. Look it up.

 

[USAFRet]

Unnecessary enough to be in every Windows version since Windows XP through the current version 10? It helps in some cases. Look it up.

Yes, it exists.
Show me some verified performance benefit of having the pagefile on a USB connected SD card vs having it on the HDD.

In some edge cases, it may help. A tiny OS drive, that does not have sufficient space for a good pagefile, and small RAM where the pagefile is used a lot.
Here, we have 8GB RAM, and a 1TB OS drive.

There's a lot of things inside Windows that are mostly not needed. Easier to leave it in than to code it out. And some edge cases can use it.