Enabling Memory Compression
5.2 – Enabling Memory Compression
Windows 10 introduces a layer between the pagefile and normal paging activity which allows for the compression of all pages moved to the modified list. This means that when MM feels memory pressure, it will compress unused pages instead of writing them to disk.
This is disabled by default on Windows Server 2016.
1) In the search box (magnifying glass on the TaskBar), type “Powershell“. Right click Windows Powershell” and choose “Run as Administrator”:
2) When PowerShell opens, type and hit enter:
Enable-MMAgent -MemoryCompression
Nothing appears to have happened, but it is now enabled and running.
3) To check, right click the TaskBar and open the “Task Manager”
4) If it is the first time you have opened the Task Manager you may be greeted by this rather small, unhelpful window.
Not to worry, click “More Details” at the bottom left to expand the window:
5) When the Task Manager has expanded click the “Performance” tab at the top, then on the left click the “Memory” button. When you hover over the middle graph labelled “Memory composition” – a little tool tip should appear. You will see the information about the compressed memory if it is enabled:
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is memory compression important if i got 64gb ram? can i leave it for performance gains (if there is any) or is there any downsides to not compressing it?
I personally would keep memory compression enabled. The performance impact of turning it off would be negligible in your case as you have so much RAM. If you are using memory intensive applications and it’s enabled, anything that is running idle will be ‘squashed’ so it uses as little as possible.
You can double check if the Memory Compression is enable via the Task Manager I just forgot the mention it D: My bad :-S
Just by hovering the Used Memory
If you got more than 64gb ram, isnt this usefull to leave it, as if it doesnt write it to the physical disk, then its operating at ram speeds, wont that give a huge boost to perfrormance or at least cut down on time opening a unused program for a while?
you are assuming it writes anything to disk. This is inline compression so there’s no disk being written to it’s just compressing it on the fly