July 22, 2011 at 4:31 am
In short we're setting up SAN replication onto another site using Windows 2008R2 and SQL Server 2008. There is a requirement to put the Windows page file on a replicated SAN volume rather than the C drive. Are there any pitfalls or other considerations to be aware of?
July 24, 2011 at 11:46 pm
Unless I'm missing something big, there is no reason to replicate a windows page file as it's temporary storage. It would be like replicating the san volumes for tempdb. A copy of tempdb at the remote site would do no good because sql server recreates it new each time.
I have heard of splitting windows page files onto a non-replicated volume to reduce replication bandwidth between the sites. So, maybe a mis-communication?
thanks
-J
July 25, 2011 at 8:52 pm
Hi
Given the price / GB . I think it's better to keep it local.
You are not going to use local space for much else.
I haven't run into specific performance problems relating to it being on SAN or Local but I've used local option all the time.
As long as it's a decent size 1.5x the ram and you disable dumping to prevent long reboots you should be fine.
It always depends on your system.
Cheers
Jannie
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