Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2003 22:59:54 +0200 From: Alex de Kruijff <freebsd@akruijff.dds.nl> To: Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: RAM increase + swap Message-ID: <20030820205954.GR13873@dds.nl> In-Reply-To: <200308201459.PAA29848@rhymer.cogsci.ed.ac.uk> References: <200308201459.PAA29848@rhymer.cogsci.ed.ac.uk>
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On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 03:59:41PM +0100, Richard Tobin wrote: > > If I put in additional 256MB RAM module ontop my already 256MB > > system, don't I need to increase the /swap partition size? > > No. In fact you will need less swap space now. > > The 2xRAM rule-of-thumb makes very little sense. Its a good basic rule. It just depends on what you run. Having a 1:1 or a 2:1 (mem swap) is a good idee even when you don't use it. A computer that normaly don't need swap can crash if it sudenly does need a little space. -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/
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