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Subject: Recommended amount of swap
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What is the state of the art for the recommended amount of swap in
FreeBSD? Both "normal" systems with 512 MB - 8 GB of RAM, and large
database systems with around 128 - 256 GB.

Thanks in advance,

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Sean Hamilton <seanhamilton@gmail.com>