Comments on: VMware VMkernel SWAP File Best Practice

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 13:50:18 +0000

This article applies to VMKernel Swap files, not VM Guest swap files. What it says is correct, but you should change the title so it reflects what the article is taking about.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 20:01:43 +0000

Any suggestions on the storage characteristics for the swap data store.

For example:
RAID type?
IOPS?
Size?

Thanks

By: editor

editor — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 00:45:41 +0000

Chris,

Good catch. This can be confussing. I have updated the post per your recommendation. Thx

FYI, on something that may help you. I’ve heard and used 2 methods for best practices on the actual VM:

1. Turn off the page file and allocate more memory as needed. Improves performance.

2. On Windows, change to allow Windows to manage the swap file. Maximizes memory.

Hope this helps!

Joe

By: ChrisAug

ChrisAug — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:59:00 +0000

I agree with the principle in regards to VM Swap files, but your title is named “Guest Swap File Best Practice”. This means the swap file for each individual guest VM (which is what I am looking for). So like I said, The best practice is correct, just change the title and remove the word “Guest”.