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The page file in Windows can grow and the max size, I believe, is 3 times the amount of physical memory in the machine. So, if you're trying to commit more than
by TimJYoung 8y ago
The page file in Windows can grow and the max size, I believe, is 3 times the amount of physical memory in the machine. So, if you're trying to commit more than [Physical Memory x 4] bytes, then yes, it will fail. But, more than likely, you'll get malloc failures long before that due to address space fragmentation (unless you're doing one huge chunk).
- Strom 8y agoThe automatic size management doesn't go over 3x RAM, but manual configuration allows for a maximum page file size of 16TB. https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/markrussinovich/2008/11/17/pushing-the-limits-of-windows-virtual-memory/ https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/markrussinovich/2008/11/...