4-6 Windows Setup
Size of the Partition to be Created
For Windows Server 2008:
The required minimum size of a partition to install the system is obtainable from the following
formula:
Size required for instal paging file size + dump file size + application size
Size required for installation
= 11,600MB (Windows Server 2008)
12,300MB (Windows Server 2008 x64 with
ServicePack2)
16,720MB (Windows Server 2008 x64 +
ServicePack 2)
Paging file size (recommended)
= size of memory mounted
×
1.5
Dump file size
= size of memory m 300MB
Application size
= arbitrary
IMPORTANT:
The above paging file size is necessary for collecting debug information (memory
dump). The boot volume requires an initial paging file size that is large enough to store
the dump file. Set an adequate paging file size for the entire system, since an
inadequate amount of paging file might cause a harvest of incorrect debug information
(memory dump).
The maximum size of the dump file is “mounted memory size + 300MB,” regardless of
the mounted memory and the debug information (the types of memory dump).
If you need to install other applications, add the capacity of hard disk required for those
applications.
For example, if memory of 1GB is mounted, the required minimum partition size obtained from the
above formula is as follows:
11,600MB + (1024MB
×
1.5) + ( 300MB) + application size
= 14,460MB + application size
For Windows Server 2003:
You can obtain the required minimum size of the partition to install the system from the following
formula:
Size required for instal paging file size + dump file size + application size
Size required for installation
= 5,300MB
Paging file size (recommended)
= size of memory mounted*
×
1.5
Dump file size
= size of memory mounted* + 12MB
Application size
= arbitrary
