This article applies to:

• Firewall Suite 4.X

Question:

Procedure:

To optimize the performance of Firewall Suite, set the paging file as follows:

• RAM x 2 for Minimum Paging File Size
• RAM x 3 for Maximum Paging File Size

Exceeding the formula indicated above does not seem to have much effect. In fact, it tends to slow processes down, as any more than three times the physical RAM seems to only increase the amount of time required to run reports. Having said this, please note that it does not matter to what the virtual memory is set if there is not at least as much space available on the hard drive where the operating system is being asked to swap.

You can also move the paging file (pagefile.sys) to a different drive if disk space is an issue.

Notes:

This article was previously published as:

NETIQKB4171