Date: Tue, 08 Apr 2003 09:11:03 -0500 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why has my swap pager gone nuts? Message-ID: <87u1d92i6g.fsf@pooh.honeypot.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.53.0304081521100.1772@trana.it.uu.se> (Borgmaster's message of "Tue, 8 Apr 2003 15:30:41 %2B0200 (MET DST)") References: <Pine.SOL.4.53.0304081521100.1772@trana.it.uu.se>
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--=-=-= Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable At 2003-04-08T13:30:41Z, Borgmaster <ribo6611@student.uu.se> writes: > I know that one is supposed to have twice swap as physical RAM, but is > that really necessary on my single user workstation? Few things are *necessary*, but some are *highly desirable*. FreeBSD's paging algorithm is optimized for swap =3D 2*RAM. Allocating less swap cau= ses it to use less efficient routines. =2D-=20 Kirk Strauser In Googlis non est, ergo non est. --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA+kth75sRg+Y0CpvERArcOAJ9KzTTR0zSf1pPQzPCR/2hVmNHY1QCfXlSp NGCfZ5llE5wx+3XfEa4I4CU= =oibU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--
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