Why Should Virtual Memory Pages be Neither Too Small nor Too Large?

[naspek]

hey there.. i just revised my notes about operating system..
but.. i just can understand about the problem below..

why the page in a virtual memory should neither very small nor very large?

 

[berkeman]

hey there.. i just revised my notes about operating system..
but.. i just can understand about the problem below..

why the page in a virtual memory should neither very small nor very large?

What would the tradeoffs be? What if you had very large pages -- what would that imply about various things you want to use virtual memory for? What if you had lots of small pages instead?