Re: Swap File sizes

Alec Smith (sweetin@ix.netcom.com)
Wed, 12 May 1999 20:06:56 -0400 (EDT)

Depends on what you're doing. If you're running a huge database, or
compiling or running lots of apps, 128MB or might not be a bad idea. On the
other hand, if you mostly use things which don't put might strain on the
system, you might need less.

In end it boils down to what you're doing.

On Wed, 12 May 1999, George R. Kasica wrote:

> Hello:
>
> Quick swap file question here:
>
> Under 2.2.x what is recommended swap sizes?
>
> I'm running 384MB of RAM and as was pointed out yesterday making a
> 768MB swap is a bit of overkill....I seem to remember that in the
> "old" 1.x days the recommendation was to have swap 2x RAM
> amount...what would you suggest for the above setup? I'm also running
> a P-II 366MHz chip.
>
> Thanks,
>
> George
>
>
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