[newbie] swap memory guidelines

2001-12-22 Thread Julian Opificius
Hi guys I'm stacking my new LM server with 512Meg of RAM (not to mention 80Gigs of HD). How much swap space should I set up? I think I heard somewhere that beyond about 128Meg or so of RAM, matching swap to RAM results in reduced performance. Thanks, julian. Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] swap memory guidelines

2001-12-22 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 23:30:12 -0600, Julian Opificius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys I'm stacking my new LM server with 512Meg of RAM (not to mention 80Gigs of HD). How much swap space should I set up? That really depends on what you're doing with the server. If it's RAM-intensive,

Re: [newbie] swap memory guidelines

2001-12-22 Thread Julian Opificius
The machine will be combined workstation (nothing really intenstive) and Samba server for three Win98/2000 stations - low usage. Should I match swap space to RAM, then? j. === At 05:15 PM 12/23/01 +1100, you wrote: On Sat, 22 Dec 2001 23:30:12 -0600, Julian Opificius [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] swap memory guidelines

2001-12-22 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
256MB should be more than enough for your needs. If you can spare the space (hard drive space is cheap and plentiful nowadays), it doesn't hurt to have even more than that (but I don't think it'll help either). On Sun, 23 Dec 2001 01:04:16 -0600, Julian Opificius [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The