Page file.sys
I have a server with 66GB of space but at the moment pagefile.sys is occupying like 47% of the total disk space
1. Can i delete the page file
2. What will be the impact on system performance after deletion
3. can i relocate the page file to another partition
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August 9th, 2012 4:38am
1. Can i delete the page file
2. What will be the impact on system performance after deletion
Ans: What is the Page File for anyway?
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askperf/archive/2007/12/14/what-is-the-page-file-for-anyway.aspx
3. can i relocate the page file to another partition
Ans: Yes, you can move the page file to any other driver with enough free space. Please refer my earlier post from a discussion
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/e70ec154-916c-427d-b208-79ce4b521be1#a13489ec-3d2e-4751-9f10-77ac88add404
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August 9th, 2012 5:35am
Thanks for your great link Santosh.
September 1st, 2012 2:39pm