Message boards : Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) : FAQ - Recommended pagefile sizes for Windows users for Python on GPU tasks
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For Windows users attempting to run Python on GPU tasks so that they do not fail it is recommended to change the default pagefile settings. | |
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Useful notice. | |
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Is it safe to allocate such a huge virtual memory on my SSD? Will it not affect the lifespan of my SSD? If yes, can I divide the recommended virtual memory size to multiple drives and maybe even put the bulk of the virtual memory on my HDD instead? | |
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There is no danger to your SSD's. That trope is a long disproven fallacy about too many writes to an SSD killing your drive. | |
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Since we're talking about pagefile, I assume this storage won't be used until most/all of RAM is consumed. | |
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50GB is recommended. Where did the 512GB come from? | |
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I don't have an answer for you since I don't run Windows. | |
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50GB is recommended. Where did the 512GB come from? Yes, it looks like a max 50GB pagefile is being sufficient for Windows. No need for a huge 512GB pagefile size. Assume typo here in play. | |
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50GB is recommended. Where did the 512GB come from? The original post in this FAQ stated 512000 MB | |
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50GB is recommended. Where did the 512GB come from? That's an upper limit for the pagefile to dynamically grow. Not that it would ever need one that large but it certainly would be a safe value. I was just saying if you set it that large for the upper limit you would never have the issue. And since I don't do Windows, I was just making a safe guess. With further comments from actual Windows users the upper safe limit is 50GB or 50000 MB. | |
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Thanks! | |
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Thanks! Again, I state I don't run Windows so don't know all the particulars for everyone running Windows that has been successful or what their hosts have for hardware. I am just stating that 50GB of pagefile seems to work. I don't know how much RAM they are using. The reason why this issue only occurs for Windows is here: https://www.gpugrid.net/forum_thread.php?id=5322&nowrap=true#58908 Has to do with how Windows enforces memory allocation. | |
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Message boards : Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) : FAQ - Recommended pagefile sizes for Windows users for Python on GPU tasks