Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 18:45:53 -0700 From: Pete Slagle <freebsd-stable@voidcaptain.com> To: doconnor@gsoft.com.au Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, michael.schuh@gmail.com, kris@obsecurity.org Subject: Re: Maximum Swapsize Message-ID: <443B0A51.8040206@voidcaptain.com> In-Reply-To: <200604111048.09905.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <1dbad3150604100913hff9fc4dsb125ea541675f992@mail.gmail.com> <20060410161713.GA48094@xor.obsecurity.org> <200604111048.09905.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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Daniel O'Connor wrote: > The old "swap size = 2x RAM" rule is no longer applicable unless you have a > very special application. This "rule" always seemed counterintuitive to me anyway. When you have very limited physical RAM you need a lot of swap space. When you have more than enough RAM you don't need any swap space at all. For a given set of applications, as RAM increases you need less swap space, not more. And vice versa.
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