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Need for page file with 12 GB RAM

I've got a system with 24 GB of RAM and with Windows 7 installed on a 120 GB SSD volume. The problem is that with default settings Windows is allocating a pagefile 24 GB in size and is using an additional 19 GB for the hibernation file (hiberfil.sys). This is a little bit ridiculous, as nearly half of the available space on the SSD is now being claimed by system resources (I've also got a pair of 2 TB traditional HDD's in RAID-1 for data storage, but obviously that volume is not for things that are supposed to load/access quickly like system files). It's probably subjecting my SSD to unnecessary write-cycles, as well.

In any case, I was wondering if there are any negative repercussions to disabling the pagefile completely, given the large amount of installed RAM? I know for some reason turning off paging was strongly discouraged under Windows XP, but does that still apply, even if you have 24 GB of RAM?

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  • yes, a few programs will fail , sometimes with rediculously stupid errors :-) EX: "To much memory" ??? I have hated paging from day1 , I actually prefered the old method of Fail :-) when not enough actual. But generally I have to keep a small paging file so I dont have to spend hours figuring out why a program failed. a tiny one will do, a 512M has always been ok for everything. – Psycogeek Dec 28 '11 at 12:21

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