You have been subscribed to a public bug by Robbie Williamson (robbiew): The recipe used for automatic swap space allocation during install this is:
100% 512 200% linux-swap $lvmok{ } $reusemethod{ } method{ swap } format{ } . Where we currently allocate a minimum of 100% of swap (maximum 200%). The original justification for this is that you need 100% of your memory to guarantee hibernate works (bug #311299). However, for servers, we don't hibernate and often have large amounts of memory installed, i.e. 100's of GB or even TBs, and such a method wastes a lot of disk space. I propose we do at least 100% (probably a bit more) for machines up to a certain level of memory (4GB or less.../maybe/ up to 8GB), to ensure client machines can hibernate. However after that, we set some sort of sliding scale approach that maxes out at a reasonable amount for servers. Experienced users can always override the settings if they want. ** Affects: partman-auto (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Affects: partman-auto (Ubuntu Precise) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed ** Affects: partman-auto (Ubuntu Quantal) Importance: Undecided Status: Confirmed -- Swap space allocation for large memory systems needs improvement https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1032322 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to the bug report. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs