Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 05:41:04 +0000 (UTC) From: Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org> To: src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r189552 - head/share/man/man7 Message-ID: <200903090541.n295f4PO010809@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: delphij Date: Mon Mar 9 05:41:04 2009 New Revision: 189552 URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/189552 Log: A system with plenty of memory would not require so much swap for generic usage. Discussed with: dillon Modified: head/share/man/man7/tuning.7 Modified: head/share/man/man7/tuning.7 ============================================================================== --- head/share/man/man7/tuning.7 Mon Mar 9 03:35:25 2009 (r189551) +++ head/share/man/man7/tuning.7 Mon Mar 9 05:41:04 2009 (r189552) @@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ I usually create, in order, a 128M root, and use any remaining space for .Pa /home . .Pp -You should typically size your swap space to approximately 2x main memory. +You should typically size your swap space to approximately 2x main memory +for systems with less than 2GB of RAM, or approximately 1x main memory +if you have more. If you do not have a lot of RAM, though, you will generally want a lot more swap. It is not recommended that you configure any less than
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