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Windows Servers and VMs place the page file on the boot volume by default. Windows automatically manages page file and memory settings. No user intervention is required to optimize memory management. The default settings should not be changed unless required for a specific use case. For example, an application vendor may provide guidance for tuning page file and memory settings to optimize the performance of a specific workload.
With ME5 storage, placing a page file on a separate VHD and separate CSV may provide some storage advantages. The following reasons may not be sufficiently advantageous to justify modifying the default settings. When a vendor recommends making page file changes to optimize a workload, consider the following tips as part of the overall page-file strategy.