On Thursday 21 October 2004 03:55 pm, Gilbert, Joseph wrote: > Hi all, > > There is an issue that I do not fully understand that I have always > kind of taken for rote. I was told back when I first started working > with Unix that the swap space needed to be at least twice the size of > physical memory in order to ensure a stable system. > > Is this truly the case? How big of an issue is it? What are the > reasons behind it.
I tend to set the size of the swap partition to twice whatever the maximum amount of RAM a particular system can take. At least, that's my personal policy on older systems (generally Pentium II or older). For my primary workstation, I set the swap partition to the max RAM the board can take (An ASUS A7N8X Deluxe, which can take up to 3GB of RAM, though I only have 1GB at the moment). Those are just my preferences. The best way to determine what works best for you is to simply experiment. :D -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
