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Habit and consistency.
You wouldn't want the swap partition as the FIRST partition on a one-drive
system, and I always want to have it in the same place on all systems.
You might get a small performance boost by putting it on the first partition
of a non-system drive, but for me, it wouldn't be worth screwing up my
"standard system template" if you catch my meaning :-)
Doug
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark J. Cerar [mailto:mcerar@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 5:58 AM
> To: Omega List Post; Doug Forman
> Subject: RE: Defragging Win NT
>
>
> Doug,
> Why do you make the swap file partition the last partion.
> Isn't the first
> partition the one closest to the spindle (i.e smallest radius) therefore
> offering the fastest access? Am I mistaken or are there other overiding
> reasons for making it the last partition?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Mark
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Doug Forman [mailto:doug@xxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: September 21, 1999 2:05 AM
> > To: Kent Rollins; OmegaList
> > Subject: RE: Defragging Win NT
> >
> >
> > Greetings, list-readers!
> >
> > As someone who actually has set up hundreds of systems, here's
> what works
> > for me (your milage may very):
> >
> > 1. I *always* set up a PRIMARY partition JUST for my swap
> file. This is
> > true whether or not I'm setting up Win95/98/NT/2k.
> >
> > 2. If there is more than one hard disk in the system, I *always* evenly
> > split the swap file across dedicated primary partitions on the non-boot
> > drive(s).
> >
> > 3. I *always* set my swap file size as a FIXED size equal to 1.5
> > * memory.
> >
> > Example: System has one 10gb drive, 128m memory. Create 2 primary
> > partitions (usually use PartitionMagic): Partition 1 = 9.8 gb,
> > Partition 2 =
> > 197 mb (size of swap file is 128m * 1.5 = 192m, hard disk
> partition *must*
> > be 5mb larger than swap file size)
> >
> > Fixed size swap files on dedicated partitions do not fragment.
> >
> > A fragmented swap file will damage performance far more than any other
> > fragmented file.
> >
> > I always make the swap file partition the last partition, whether
> > on one or
> > many drives.
> >
> > (If you're using NT40, you'd need to set up a 2gb partition to
> install NT,
> > it doesn't like booting to a partition greater than 2gb... so in the
> > example above, there would be 3 primary partitions: 2gb, 6.8gb & 197mb)
> >
> > I *always* install whatever the current version of Diskeeper
> is. I start
> > out by doing a boot-time defragment run, followed by
> configuring it using
> > "set it and forget it" to defragment once per 24 hours during the late
> > night.
> >
> > The other defragmenters are interesting, but only one of them (Raxco's
> > PerfectDisk) has it's roots in mainframe computers as Diskeeper does.
> > Diskeeper is the defragmenter that Microsoft wish it built, so
> in true M$
> > style, they licensed it in Win2000. It's solid, mature, reliable and
> > trouble-free. "It just works."
> >
> > Craig Jensen, President of Executive Software (makers of Diskeeper)
> > literally "wrote the book" on fragmentation in 1994:
> "Fragmentation: the
> > Condition, the Cause, the Cure" can be ordered from the
> Diskeeper website
> > for $29.95, or can be read for free on-line at:
> > http://www.execsoft.com/fragbook/. Short take: these folks KNOW what
> > they're doing.
> >
> > Summary:
> > Separate partion for swap file - fixed swap file size: 1.5 *
> RAM - not on
> > boot drive if other drives available - Diskeeper on auto-pilot.
> >
> > My clients are 98% financial institutions. This configuration
> has proven
> > successful for very reliable 24/7 operations that they require.
> >
> > Hope this helps someone :-)
> >
> > Doug
> >
> > -----
> > Doug Forman, MCSE (doug@xxxxxxxxxxx)
> > Incline Systems, Inc. - Vancouver, WA
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Kent Rollins [mailto:kentr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 9:03 PM
> > > To: OmegaList
> > > Subject: Re: Defragging Win NT
> > >
> > >
> > > NT's swap file is called PAGEFILE.SYS and is located in the
> > root directory
> > > of your boot drive. It is used basically the same way 98
> uses it's swap
> > > file. The reason they suggest creating a separate partition
> > for it is to
> > > prevent it from becoming fragmented over time. This is a
> valid strategy
> > > (although until I see some benchmarks I am still dubious of the
> > > improvement
> > > in performance) and most unix installations are set up this way.
> > >
> > > Kent
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Mark J. Cerar <mcerar@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Date: Sunday, September 19, 1999 9:07 PM
> > > Subject: RE: Defragging Win NT
> > >
> > >
> > > Does anyone have any comments about using the following Hard Disk fine
> > > tuning technique to reduce defragmentation in WinNT?
> > >
> > > Set up a logical partition at the beginning of your hard drive to
> > > about 150%
> > > of your RAM and then put the Windows Swap file on this partition.
> > >
> > > I saw this tip on ZDNet a while ago (without any reference to a
> > particular
> > > version of Windows) but it does sound interesting. I don't
> even know if
> > > Windows NT uses a swap file in the same way as Win9X.
> > >
> > > Mark.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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