Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 13:44:52 +0930 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1GB ram, how much SWAP? Message-ID: <20020801041452.GC48188@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <87u1mfk9me.fsf@pooh.int> References: <20020731171728.GH22253@web.ca> <87u1mfk9me.fsf@pooh.int>
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On Wednesday, 31 July 2002 at 13:58:17 -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote: > > At 2002-07-31T17:17:28Z, Rob Ellis <rob@web.ca> writes: > >> if you have a gigabyte of ram, does the 2 x ram calculation for the swap >> partition (from the fbsd handbook) still make sense? thanks. > > IANA kernel hacker, but I've read that you should allocate at least twice > the amount of RAM for the main reason that FreeBSD's VM system is optimized > for that amount. It will still run with less swap, but it will use > less-optimal algorithms and/or settings. Not really. The same size as RAM would be enough. There are reasons not to use less than that--see my next reply. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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