Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 22:38:33 -0500 From: "Josh Paetzel" <jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> To: <webmaster@wmptl.com>, <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: is swap a neccessity? Message-ID: <NEBBIJCLELPGBFNNJOFHIELHCBAA.jpaetzel@hutchtel.net> In-Reply-To: <393E9E14.B6056F2D@wmptl.com>
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> -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Nathan Vidican > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 2:10 PM > To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: is swap a neccessity? > > > I understand there is some conflict as to the right amount of swapspace; > I've seen various postings on it here a few times now. Some say too much > is a bad thing, most say (2 * RAM) = swap; yet others say that doesn't > apply anymore. Going along with that thought, if more swapspace is > needed as less RAM is available; could one not do away with swapspace > all-together if they had more RAM than they ever anticipate needing? > EG: running 128Megs RAM on a machine that would normally > run fine with > 100meg swap and 20megs ram? or even to a larger extent; running with > 768megs ram on a machine that would normally have run with 200meg swap > and 128megs ram? > Your questions are relevant, but to answer them properly depends on user load, version of FreeBSD, what services are running, and so on. The old rule of thumb of 2*RAM is just that, an old rule of thumb. Is it accurate in todays world? That depends. Given the current price of hard drives and RAM I would give it a lot of both. Josh To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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