On Fri, May 1, 2020, 14:50 Raphael MD <raph...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello! > > Could I turn my Linux swap off. > I have 32 GB of RAM memory, I suppose my system don’t need swap, because > I’vea lot of RAM, is this true? > > Thanks >
I have 3 desktop machines with 32 GB of memory. In all 3 I still have swap (32 GB, I stopped using the "twice the amount of RAM" rule years ago). I don't think I have ever used one single byte from the swap; it always sits with "0 bytes used" when I check top. So I don't think you need the swap; I keep using it in case I need to ever hibernate the machines, bit I never do. Also, it's always on the mechanical disks, so it's dirty cheap. Regards. -- Dr. Canek Peláez Valdés Profesor de Carrera Asociado C Departamento de Matemáticas Facultad de Ciencias Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
