big pagefile for a windows system with low RAM

Question

My Windows Server 2012 - 64 bit has nothing more than 4 GB of RAM. Unfortunately I am in need to open and keep in memory files of around 40 GB. To make sure this happens can I just increase the size of the 'pagefile.sys' up to let's say 50 GB? I will obviously place it in the disk where this space is really available.

Answer 1

Yes, you can, there is a tutorial here

1. On the Keyboard Press the Win + X then click System in the popup menu

2. Tap or click Advanced system settings. You might be asked for an admin password or to confirm your choice.

3. On the Advanced tab, under Performance, tap or click Settings.

4. Tap or click the Advanced tab, and then, under Virtual memory, tap or click Change.

5. Clear the Automatically manage paging file size for all drives check box.

6. Under Drive [Volume Label], tap or click the drive that contains the paging file you want to change.

7. Tap or click Custom size, enter a new size in megabytes in the Initial size (MB) or Maximum size (MB) box, tap or click Set, and then tap or click OK.

Be aware this drive will be significantly affected in performance whilst reading and writing this amount to a page file. It may be worth upgrading your RAM as high as possible, or using a secondary hard drive or SSD.