nt server pagefile.sys

By network drive I assume you actually mean a drive physical attached to the server. To change your pagefile info open up the System Properties from Control Panel (or for a quick way to access it press the Windows key + Break). Then click on Performance. Click on the Change button for Virtual Memory. From there you can put it somewhere else. You get the best performance if its on its own disk. There's no reason you can't put it on a RAID 5, but remember a RAID5 array's write is a bit slower than a RAID 0 b/c it has to write the parity bit (but its reads are very fast). Rule of thumb for pagefile size if base memory + 12 for low end up to double base memory for high end.

-Heath

I haven't tried putting the pagefile on a network share, keep in mind that bandwidth could limit performance.

While training for my MCSE I setup a server with a pair of 3gig drives configured for disk mirroring. Used FAT so had 2 gig & 1 gig partitions. Used the pair of 1 partitions to create a volume set and put the pagefile there, worked quite well and it was fast too. You don't have to do anything in the registry.

As for size, Microsoft says that for NT4 W/S use RAM+11meg on the low side and add 50 megs for the high side. For NT4 server, go with size of RAM on the low side and 50 megs for the high side. Be sure to press the set button or the changes won't take effect.

If the server is used for Exchange 5.5, go RAM+50 on the low side and add 100 megs to the high side.
Good Luck
Bruce Harvey, MCSE

Hi !
You can also change the path and the size of the pagefile in the registry (for remote use).After that you have to reboot the machine.

Here the key:
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management

bye
Herby