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>>>>> "LL" == linuxlingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
LL> thanks guys for your inputs. just went and kicked and some
LL> tyres on the pc, and started by switching off services not
LL> needed, checked the swap was *equal* to the ram, felt shaky
LL> about messing with swap size with someone else's installed and
LL> running pc, and discovered its speed was better.
LL> incidentally, in case swap must be doubled, what's the best
LL> way of doing it, without reinstalling linux or other OSes on
LL> the hard disk?
``swap double of RAM'' is a rather dated concept now. You look at the
sort of apps you'll be running, the sort of response times you want
and the existing RAM and then decide swap. If you're going to be
running large, interactive apps (graphical browsers, bloated e-mail
clients, OO, rendering software, etc) just add RAM: extra swap will
only slow down applications to the point of unusability. OTOH if this
is a server then lots of swap will probably help, since you want the
box to keep functioning even in a RAM crisis situation.
BTW, my desktop:
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 515708 494108 21600 0 64648 161392
- -/+ buffers/cache: 268068 247640
Swap: 265032 168660 96372
...and it runs just fine with swap == 1/2 RAM.
Regards,
- -- Raj
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Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
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