Virtual Memory Annoyance

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Current Installed
Physical Memory
Total 4094 MB
Used 2015 MB
Utilization 49 %

Swap Space
Total 4374 MB
Used 1957 MB
Utilization 45 %

Virtual Memory
Total 8469 MB
Used 3972 MB
Free 4497 MB
Utilization 47 %

Paging File
Paging File C:\pagefile.sys
Initial / Maximum Size 512 MB max 2092 MB


Paging File H
3612 MB max 4092

Paging File P
3612 MB max 4092

both drives P and H are Raid Arrarys configured as Raid 10 so the i/o
performance is killer which is why I have the C swap set to minimum and
larger for p and h. Also I don't like the swap on the OS driver as I figure
it is busy enough already.

So the question and annoyance are --- I continually get a message the
virtual memory is running critically low and needs to be increased


Even at 47% utilization I still have 4 GB of memory which is more than
ample. Do I need to change something or is this but an example of how inept
XP is with memory utilization and allocation?? I really don't want to
increase page file on 'c' much, maybe lock it at 768mb or so,, I would rather
adjust H and P if necessary.


Thanks, Bob

Go to run,type:regedit In regedit,expand:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/system/current
controlset/control/sessionmgr/open memorymanagement.LocateisablePaging
Executive L.click on it,go to edit,modify,set to 1 from 0,close out
regedit.This
sets xp to use more ram than paging file.Outlined by intel

"Robert Somrak" wrote:

> Use XP64
>
> Current Installed
> Physical Memory
> Total 4094 MB
> Used 2015 MB
> Utilization 49 %
>
> Swap Space
> Total 4374 MB
> Used 1957 MB
> Utilization 45 %
>
> Virtual Memory
> Total 8469 MB
> Used 3972 MB
> Free 4497 MB
> Utilization 47 %
>
> Paging File
> Paging File C:\pagefile.sys
> Initial / Maximum Size 512 MB max 2092 MB
>
>
> Paging File H
> 3612 MB max 4092
>
> Paging File P
> 3612 MB max 4092
>
> both drives P and H are Raid Arrarys configured as Raid 10 so the i/o
> performance is killer which is why I have the C swap set to minimum and
> larger for p and h. Also I don't like the swap on the OS driver as I figure
> it is busy enough already.
>
> So the question and annoyance are --- I continually get a message the
> virtual memory is running critically low and needs to be increased
>
>
> Even at 47% utilization I still have 4 GB of memory which is more than
> ample. Do I need to change something or is this but an example of how inept
> XP is with memory utilization and allocation?? I really don't want to
> increase page file on 'c' much, maybe lock it at 768mb or so,, I would rather
> adjust H and P if necessary.
>
>
> Thanks, Bob
>

Thanks Andy,, your explaination was clear and to the point. I had remembered
that it was possible to direct xp to use more ram vs pagefile. We'll see how
it goes. I am not sure how well xp does with 3 different locations, but
overall the performance of my workstation is excellent.

"Andrew E." wrote:

> Go to run,type:regedit In regedit,expand:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/system/current
> controlset/control/sessionmgr/open memorymanagement.LocateisablePaging
> Executive L.click on it,go to edit,modify,set to 1 from 0,close out
> regedit.This
> sets xp to use more ram than paging file.Outlined by intel
>
> "Robert Somrak" wrote:
>
> > Use XP64
> >
> > Current Installed
> > Physical Memory
> > Total 4094 MB
> > Used 2015 MB
> > Utilization 49 %
> >
> > Swap Space
> > Total 4374 MB
> > Used 1957 MB
> > Utilization 45 %
> >
> > Virtual Memory
> > Total 8469 MB
> > Used 3972 MB
> > Free 4497 MB
> > Utilization 47 %
> >
> > Paging File
> > Paging File C:\pagefile.sys
> > Initial / Maximum Size 512 MB max 2092 MB
> >
> >
> > Paging File H
> > 3612 MB max 4092
> >
> > Paging File P
> > 3612 MB max 4092
> >
> > both drives P and H are Raid Arrarys configured as Raid 10 so the i/o
> > performance is killer which is why I have the C swap set to minimum and
> > larger for p and h. Also I don't like the swap on the OS driver as I figure
> > it is busy enough already.
> >
> > So the question and annoyance are --- I continually get a message the
> > virtual memory is running critically low and needs to be increased
> >
> >
> > Even at 47% utilization I still have 4 GB of memory which is more than
> > ample. Do I need to change something or is this but an example of how inept
> > XP is with memory utilization and allocation?? I really don't want to
> > increase page file on 'c' much, maybe lock it at 768mb or so,, I would rather
> > adjust H and P if necessary.
> >
> >
> > Thanks, Bob
> >