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>>>>> "Kunal" == Kunal Singhal <\(Linux\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> writes:
Kunal> [snip]
Kunal> Secondly, I wanted to know about swap space allocation. I
Kunal> have read that the swap space should normally be twice the
Kunal> size of RAM. I currently have 256 MB RAM, so i have a swap
Kunal> partition of 512MB. But I am planning to upgrade to 1 GB
Kunal> Ram. What swap space should I Allocate Now?? Should it be
Kunal> 2 GB or less?
The ``swap twice size of RAM'' is a rather old concept, dating from
the days when RAM was 32 or 64MB, processors were 66MHz and disks
transferred at 1MB/s. Make a lot of swap if you plan to have tons of
apps that aren't used very frequently open simultaneously. However,
in general with newer systems I find 256 to 512MB of swap more than
adequate -- the values under are for a KDE desktop with 4 shells,
Xemacs, OOo, Licq, gkrellm, multiple Galeon windows and Gaim
permanently open:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ free
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 515256 500528 14728 0 28148 180820
- -/+ buffers/cache: 291560 223696
Swap: 265032 103648 161384
Hmm, /why/ do I have Licq open? I can't remember the last time I
received an ICQ message... must do something about it, in the fullness
of time, when the time is ripe, at the appropriate juncture.
Kunal> Thanks in advance to everyone who helps me out.
Uh, just thanks? You mean you aren't paying? D*mn!
Regards,
- -- Raju
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Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/
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