Date: 31 Jul 2002 13:58:17 -0500 From: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 1GB ram, how much SWAP? Message-ID: <87u1mfk9me.fsf@pooh.int> In-Reply-To: <20020731171728.GH22253@web.ca> References: <20020731171728.GH22253@web.ca>
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At 2002-07-31T17:17:28Z, Rob Ellis <rob@web.ca> writes: > if you have a gigabyte of ram, does the 2 x ram calculation for the swap > partition (from the fbsd handbook) still make sense? thanks. IANA kernel hacker, but I've read that you should allocate at least twice the amount of RAM for the main reason that FreeBSD's VM system is optimized for that amount. It will still run with less swap, but it will use less-optimal algorithms and/or settings. -- Kirk Strauser The Strauser Group - http://www.strausergroup.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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