Reduce the OS memory pools?



Mark K Vallevand
07-09-2005, 09:27 PM
To make more memory available for application programs, I'd like to reduce
the sizes of the pools maintained by the OS. On my 512mb system with no
page file, the OS paged and non-paged pools take about 80mb. The EWF, OS
drivers, OS programs, Application programs, free and standby pages occupy
the rest of memory.

Can I configure XPe to use less memory for its pools?

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Himanshu
07-09-2005, 09:27 PM
Hi Mark, I'm dealing w/ a similar issue at the moment. I'm trying to
increase my available memory by disabling the windows services that I don't
need. Perhaps you can do the same.
~Himanshu

"Mark K Vallevand" wrote:

> To make more memory available for application programs, I'd like to reduce
> the sizes of the pools maintained by the OS. On my 512mb system with no
> page file, the OS paged and non-paged pools take about 80mb. The EWF, OS
> drivers, OS programs, Application programs, free and standby pages occupy
> the rest of memory.
>
> Can I configure XPe to use less memory for its pools?
>
> --
> Regards.
> Mark K Vallevand Mark.Vallevand@Unisys.com
>
> Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
> - Benjamin Franklin
>
>
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Mark K Vallevand
07-09-2005, 09:27 PM
Oh, yes, we've disabled everything we don't need. But, we still would like
more memory. The OS memory pools are the next thing we're looking at.

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Mark K Vallevand Mark.Vallevand@Unisys.com

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- Benjamin Franklin


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"Himanshu" <heman154@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Hi Mark, I'm dealing w/ a similar issue at the moment. I'm trying to
> increase my available memory by disabling the windows services that I
> don't
> need. Perhaps you can do the same.
> ~Himanshu
>
> "Mark K Vallevand" wrote:
>
>> To make more memory available for application programs, I'd like to
>> reduce
>> the sizes of the pools maintained by the OS. On my 512mb system with no
>> page file, the OS paged and non-paged pools take about 80mb. The EWF, OS
>> drivers, OS programs, Application programs, free and standby pages occupy
>> the rest of memory.
>>
>> Can I configure XPe to use less memory for its pools?
>>
>> --
>> Regards.
>> Mark K Vallevand Mark.Vallevand@Unisys.com
>>
>> Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
>> - Benjamin Franklin
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>>

Slobodan Brcin \(eMVP\)
07-09-2005, 09:27 PM
Hi Mark,

Have you tried playing with :
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/DepKit/4d957288-cfb5-4ad6-b96d-ad27f999ef5a.mspx
Look in subtree for reg value descriptions like NonPagedPoolSize.
By default all these values are set to 0 which is automatic calculation.

Regards,
Slobodan

"Mark K Vallevand" <mark.vallevand@unisys.com> wrote in message news:eFAvKR2dFHA.892@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Oh, yes, we've disabled everything we don't need. But, we still would like
> more memory. The OS memory pools are the next thing we're looking at.
>
> --
> Regards.
> Mark K Vallevand Mark.Vallevand@Unisys.com
>
> Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
> - Benjamin Franklin
>
>
> THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY
> MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received
> this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its
> attachments from all computers.
>
>
> "Himanshu" <heman154@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:472EA390-5634-4855-AA76-0433DAEC952E@microsoft.com...
> >
> > Hi Mark, I'm dealing w/ a similar issue at the moment. I'm trying to
> > increase my available memory by disabling the windows services that I
> > don't
> > need. Perhaps you can do the same.
> > ~Himanshu
> >
> > "Mark K Vallevand" wrote:
> >
> >> To make more memory available for application programs, I'd like to
> >> reduce
> >> the sizes of the pools maintained by the OS. On my 512mb system with no
> >> page file, the OS paged and non-paged pools take about 80mb. The EWF, OS
> >> drivers, OS programs, Application programs, free and standby pages occupy
> >> the rest of memory.
> >>
> >> Can I configure XPe to use less memory for its pools?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Regards.
> >> Mark K Vallevand Mark.Vallevand@Unisys.com
> >>
> >> Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
> >> - Benjamin Franklin
> >>
> >>
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> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

Mark K Vallevand
07-09-2005, 09:27 PM
Thank you! Thank you! This is just great!

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Mark K Vallevand Mark.Vallevand@Unisys.com

Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
- Benjamin Franklin


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"Slobodan Brcin (eMVP)" <sbrcin@ptt.yu> wrote in message
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> Hi Mark,
>
> Have you tried playing with :
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/DepKit/4d957288-cfb5-4ad6-b96d-ad27f999ef5a.mspx
> Look in subtree for reg value descriptions like NonPagedPoolSize.
> By default all these values are set to 0 which is automatic calculation.
>
> Regards,
> Slobodan
>
> "Mark K Vallevand" <mark.vallevand@unisys.com> wrote in message
> news:eFAvKR2dFHA.892@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Oh, yes, we've disabled everything we don't need. But, we still would
>> like
>> more memory. The OS memory pools are the next thing we're looking at.
>>
>> --
>> Regards.
>> Mark K Vallevand Mark.Vallevand@Unisys.com
>>
>> Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
>> - Benjamin Franklin
>>
>>
>> THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY
>> MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you
>> received
>> this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its
>> attachments from all computers.
>>
>>
>> "Himanshu" <heman154@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:472EA390-5634-4855-AA76-0433DAEC952E@microsoft.com...
>> >
>> > Hi Mark, I'm dealing w/ a similar issue at the moment. I'm trying to
>> > increase my available memory by disabling the windows services that I
>> > don't
>> > need. Perhaps you can do the same.
>> > ~Himanshu
>> >
>> > "Mark K Vallevand" wrote:
>> >
>> >> To make more memory available for application programs, I'd like to
>> >> reduce
>> >> the sizes of the pools maintained by the OS. On my 512mb system with
>> >> no
>> >> page file, the OS paged and non-paged pools take about 80mb. The EWF,
>> >> OS
>> >> drivers, OS programs, Application programs, free and standby pages
>> >> occupy
>> >> the rest of memory.
>> >>
>> >> Can I configure XPe to use less memory for its pools?
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards.
>> >> Mark K Vallevand Mark.Vallevand@Unisys.com
>> >>
>> >> Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
>> >> - Benjamin Franklin
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE
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>> >> attachments from all computers.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
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Reduce the OS memory pools?