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    XenServer 6.5 and Windows 10 Memory Management

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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller
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      The system definitely believes that you have 4GB of RAM there. Do you have 4GB RAM and 4GB swap?

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        Did they release a 32bit Windows 10?

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          Jason Banned @scottalanmiller
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          @scottalanmiller said:

          Did they release a 32bit Windows 10?

          Yep. Mostly just for inplace upgrades though. Otherwise it wouldn't work.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
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            Hrm...

            One second, I just looked at the memory management tab in Xen Center and it list only 4GB...

            Gonna do some testing.

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            • DustinB3403D
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              Just "added" 4 GB more, signing in now

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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403
                last edited by DustinB3403

                Hrm..

                Well now it does say I have 8GB to use, but my Committed now says 1.4/16GB...

                WTH!

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                • dafyreD
                  dafyre @DustinB3403
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                  @DustinB3403 said:

                  Hrm..

                  Well now it does say I have 8GB to use, but my Committed now says 1.4/16GB...

                  WTH!

                  Windows is Autosizing the Swap File to be RAM x2... You could manually set that in 8.1 -- I haven't trired it in Windows 10 yet.

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403 @dafyre
                    last edited by DustinB3403

                    @dafyre OK but... 8GB Swap

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403
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                      Maybe if I half it....

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                      • dafyreD
                        dafyre @DustinB3403
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                        @DustinB3403 said:

                        Maybe if I half it....

                        I've always run no bigger than 4GB for a desktop OS... Depending on your uses, probably 2GB would be enough... and just set the min & max to be the same.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
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                          That's a huge page file. Even in the Windows NT 4 days the recommended was "real memory size + 11MB". Today swap of half memory is normally more than enough.

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                          • DustinB3403D
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                            From Microsoft: "If you receive warnings that your virtual memory is low, you'll need to increase the minimum size of your paging file. Windows sets the initial minimum size of the paging file equal to the amount of random access memory (RAM) installed on your computer, and the maximum size equal to three times the amount of RAM installed on your computer. If you see warnings at these recommended levels, then increase the minimum and maximum sizes."

                            It would've made sense if the SWAP was at 3 times, but it was only doubled.... WTF microsoft.

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                            • dafyreD
                              dafyre @DustinB3403
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                              @DustinB3403 said:

                              From Microsoft: "If you receive warnings that your virtual memory is low, you'll need to increase the minimum size of your paging file. Windows sets the initial minimum size of the paging file equal to the amount of random access memory (RAM) installed on your computer, and the maximum size equal to three times the amount of RAM installed on your computer. If you see warnings at these recommended levels, then increase the minimum and maximum sizes."

                              It would've made sense if the SWAP was at 3 times, but it was only doubled.... WTF microsoft.

                              The page file will autosize itself... If it doesn't need it, it won't take all of it... but if it does need 3x your ram, your computer will be slower than molasses flowing up hill in the dead of winter.

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                              • DustinB3403D
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                                Well I half'd it, set the minimum to 1GB and the Max to 4Gb and now have a Committed of 1.4/9.0GB...

                                So yeah this VM can't do math... or something else is scaling it..

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                                • dafyreD
                                  dafyre @DustinB3403
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                                  @DustinB3403 said:

                                  Well I half'd it, set the minimum to 1GB and the Max to 4Gb and now have a Committed of 1.4/9.0GB...

                                  So yeah this VM can't do math... or something else is scaling it..

                                  The Pentium bug is back... 2 + 2 = 5!

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