Copying large files on Windows

This weekend I was trying to copy over a 60gb vmdk file from a remote server and at around 96% insufficient resources.

Problem: Operating system error 1450 Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service.

Fix:

Registry setting 1

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Memory Management
3. On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
4. Type PoolUsageMaximum as the entry name, and then press ENTER.
5. Right-click PoolUsageMaximum, and then click Modify.
6. Click Decimal.
7. In the Value data box, type 60, and then click OK.
   
   Important
   • Use 60 as your initial value. If your backup does not succeed, use 40 as your value. If that does not work, you must change the behavior of your backup program to reduce the demand of paged pool. If the value works, you may want to increase the value by approximately 25 percent until the backup does not work. If the backup is unsuccessful, use the second registry setting that is described in this article.
   • Make sure that the value for this registry setting is not more than 60.
   • If you are using the /3GB switch, use 40 as your initial setting. Note that this value is a percentage value.
8. Quit Registry Editor.
9. Restart your computer.

Because you must test these settings during the most stressful backups, you may have to wait a month for a whole backup cycle to complete if you are not sure which backup consumes the most resources. Because of this situation, Microsoft recommends that you test low values first. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

312362 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/312362/ ) Server is unable to allocate memory from the system paged pool

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304101/en-us