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Date:      Mon, 5 Sep 2011 21:06:51 -0500
From:      Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
To:        Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, Sean Hamilton <seanhamilton@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: Recommended amount of swap
Message-ID:  <20110906020651.GE13195@lonesome.com>
In-Reply-To: <20110905194857.GC9801@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <CAL8FB_2vN-1uxUgLhB-gC%2BwqPx=jKo-88rMrDzJbJ5JPJoqNNA@mail.gmail.com> <20110905194857.GC9801@dan.emsphone.com>

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On Mon, Sep 05, 2011 at 02:48:57PM -0500, Dan Nelson wrote:
> I suggest 2x RAM for systems less than 4gb or so.  Anything more than 4GB of
> swap is probably never going to be used

I see you don't do mass package builds :-)  Or, even build openoffice or some
of the math packages.

> and if it is used, you're just going to thrash your swap device.

That's us! :-)

mcl



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