From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 31 14: 1: 1 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E165637B400 for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:00:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from su.ualberta.ca (mail.su.ualberta.ca [129.128.133.14]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C85843E4A for ; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:00:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from colin.harford@mail.su.ualberta.ca) Received: from [129.128.133.207] ([129.128.133.207] verified) by su.ualberta.ca (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b6) with ESMTP id 46880503; Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:00:08 -0600 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.0.2006 Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 14:00:59 -0600 Subject: Re: 1GB ram, how much SWAP? From: Colin Harford To: Kirk Strauser , Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <87u1mfk9me.fsf@pooh.int> Mime-version: 1.0 X-address: Suite 2-900, SUB, University of Alberta, 8900-114 St, Edmonton: Alberta, T6G 2J7 X-disclaimer: Opinions expressed herein are solely the responsibility Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 7/31/02 12:58 PM, "Kirk Strauser" wrote: >=20 > At 2002-07-31T17:17:28Z, Rob Ellis writes: >=20 >> 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. >=20 > 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 optimiz= ed > 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 =A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Systems and Network Administrator =A0=A0=A0=A0 Apple Product Professional =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D =A0=A0=A0=A0 Computer and Network Support =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 University of Alberta Students' Union =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 Phone: (780) 492-4241 =A0=A0Fax: =A0(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 message