Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Static Swap | Date | Tue, 13 Apr 1999 19:04:11 -0400 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <Pine.LNX.4.04.9904131205500.13739-100000@ps.cus.umist.ac.uk>, Riley Williams writes: +----- | There's a common misconception that the swap space one needs is | exactly proportional to the amount of RAM one has, and this looks like | a classic example of that... | | Can I state FROM EXPERIENCE that the so-called rule that swap space | should be 1.5 times RAM size is BOGUS!!! Some systems need much more, | others run happily on much less... +--->8
It's not a rule, it's a general guideline for if you don't know how much swap you want. It's expected that as people gain experience with setting up and running Linux systems, they'll figure out the best swap allocation strategy for their systems; the amount of swap required depends on both applications and usage patterns, and there is no such thing as a hard and fast rule or formula to determine swap space.
-- brandon s. allbery [os/2][linux][solaris][japh] allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering KF8NH We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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