Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 21:37:31 +0000 From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk> To: Szilveszter Adam <sziszi@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Out of swap hangs machine Message-ID: <l03020927b471dc93049a@[194.32.164.2]> In-Reply-To: <19991206074002.B5763@petra.hos.u-szeged.hu> References: <XFMail.991206172424.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>; from doconnor@gsoft.com.au on Mon, Dec 06, 1999 at 05:24:24PM %2B1030 <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912060942240.3183-100000@Eagle.ZGIA.zp.ua> <XFMail.991206172424.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Hi, At 7:40 am +0100 6/12/99, Szilveszter Adam wrote: >On 06-Dec-99 Alexandr Listopad wrote: >> 11M free of mem, and 130M free of swap.... ;) And my FreeBSD never used >> swap... as I see on "top". >> >> Question: why it should be "...2x your RAM.." ??? >It is essentially an old rule of thumb but it should be adjusted according >to your site's requirements. It was also said that above 64M RAM swap is not >strictly necessary[etc] But bear in mind that swap > RAM is required if you ever want to take a crash dump. -- Bob Bishop (0118) 977 4017 international code +44 118 rb@gid.co.uk fax (0118) 989 4254 between 0800 and 1800 UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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