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Implementing VMware Horizon 7.7 - Third Edition
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Implementing VMware Horizon 7.7 - Third Edition

by Jason Ventresco
January 2019
Intermediate to advanced
520 pages
11h 51m
English
Packt Publishing
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Sizing virtual machine RAM properly

The amount of RAM used for the desktop affects both the amount of storage space required and the likelihood that it will need to swap memory into the Windows page file.

Windows initially sizes the C:\pagefile.sys system file based on the amount of RAM the virtual machine is granted. From that point forward, the file expands as needed in response to Windows OS virtual memory requirements. The page file will also increase in size when the desktop RAM is increased.

The amount of RAM assigned to the virtual machine affects whether it is likely to need to utilize the Windows page file. Using the page file generates additional storage I/O, which we prefer to avoid in a Horizon environment where the storage is ...

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