From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 7 19:42:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net [204.127.131.48]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6118437B401 for ; Sun, 7 Oct 2001 19:42:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from columbia ([12.93.210.132]) by mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net (InterMail vM.4.01.03.16 201-229-121-116-20010115) with SMTP id <20011008024215.HROU6924.mtiwmhc23.worldnet.att.net@columbia>; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 02:42:15 +0000 From: "Andrew C. Hornback" To: "default" , Subject: RE: ideal swap partition space... Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 22:40:13 -0400 Message-ID: <00bf01c14fa2$8e502d80$6600000a@columbia> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Importance: Normal 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 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of default > Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 6:15 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: ideal swap partition space... > > Hi, > > I'm curious about setting up the amount of space for the swap partition... > is there any ideal amount for FreeBSD? Or is it dependant on the size/type > of hard drive & other hardware that one has? If so, is there any kind of > equasion or theory behind determining what is the best amount to > provide for > the best performance? > > Is there such a thing as a swap partition that is too large? Personally, I carry things over from my Microsoft days and create a swap partition four times the size of the physical memory in the box. This may be overkill, and (diversionary tactic against flames) perhaps I like it that way? I'd say that the minimum swap size would be the same size as the physical memory in the box. That way you can save the dump if the machine locks. --- Andy To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message