Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 11:26:39 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Swap size Message-ID: <18117.48687.914787.354056@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <46C5B9A2.3020305@gmail.com> References: <098C8817-8D41-4D94-96E2-97D4310B0BAE@gmail.com> <20070817145551.GA27837@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <46C5B9A2.3020305@gmail.com>
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Andy Greenwood writes: > And the system is under normal load. This system has 1G of > RAM. Is there any sense in having this much swap space when it's > not being used? 1) It is - usually - better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it. 2) While some machines have a very predictable working set of programs, others vary very widely. Trying to compute the "right" value is an exercise in futility. By default, I use the "2x current or expected memory" rule split over as many physical disks as possible. Robert Huff
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