Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:00:59 -0600 From: Colin Harford <colin.harford@mail.su.ualberta.ca> To: Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>, <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: 1GB ram, how much SWAP? Message-ID: <B96D9E1B.20266%colin.harford@mail.su.ualberta.ca> In-Reply-To: <87u1mfk9me.fsf@pooh.int>
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On 7/31/02 12:58 PM, "Kirk Strauser" <kirk@strauser.com> wrote: > > 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. Really, how often will you go into swap? For a person starting with FreeBSD, they're most likely never even hit the swap. Colin Harford Systems and Network Administrator Apple Product Professional ================================= Computer and Network Support University of Alberta Students' Union Phone: (780) 492-4241 Fax: (780) 492-4643 http://www.su.ualberta.ca "I sense much NT in you, NT leads to Blue Screen. Blue Screen leads to downtime, downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside." - Unknown Unix Jedi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehome | help
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