SWAP is needed for machines with less than 512 mb of ram. if you have 4 gb ram, i suggest not to put SWAP. This will improve your computing.
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Kartik Singhal <kartiksing...@gmail.com>wrote: > On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 3:39 PM, nishandh M <pro.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> hi, on googling, it says convention is to provide double the size of RAM >> for SWAP. Does this apply for newer systems? >> Should I use a swap of 8GB for a 4GB RAM system.how much would be optimal? >> > > IMHO considering all the opinions expressed by others, if you have a large > hard disk, devoting 4 GB of swap is the optimal solution. > > -- > Kartik Singhal > BTech CSE Student, NIT Calicut > http://www.techglider.com > > -- > "Freedom is the only law". > "Freedom Unplugged" > http://www.ilug-tvm.org > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "ilug-tvm" group. > To control your subscription visit > http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe > To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > > > For details visit the google group page: > http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en > -- "Freedom is the only law". "Freedom Unplugged" http://www.ilug-tvm.org You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ilug-tvm" group. To control your subscription visit http://groups.google.co.in/group/ilug-tvm/subscribe To post to this group, send email to ilug-tvm@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to ilug-tvm-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For details visit the google group page: http://groups.google.com/group/ilug-tvm?hl=en
