>> > [..] >> > >> >> I think if you have 4GB of RAM you shouldn't need any swap >> >> under >> >> normal circumstances. I have a gentoo box with just 256MB of >> >> RAM >> >> that's running web server (apache + php), mail server (postfix >> >> + >> >> dovecot), and database (mariadb), and it works fine if i >> >> disable swap. I do normally have swap enabled on it, though, >> >> because emerging sometimes uses a lot of RAM. >> > >> > Indeed, I have a server with 256MB of memory and it couldn't >> > emerge gcc when I had swap disabled. >> >> I can't compile openoffice with -j1 on 3GB RAM and no swap. > > > Sounds like a case for a swap partition that can be activated when you > need it for big emerges. I hit the same thing with firefox-5 oddly > enough.
Swap file just as good? - Grant
