Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 08:46:15 +0800 From: "Tzu-Hua Wang" <biogary@gmail.com> To: "Tim Aslat" <tim@spyderweb.com.au> Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About the SWAP Message-ID: <224a745a0705171746v2a60f8a9jabbeee2aee4e33a@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <464CD452.4020200@spyderweb.com.au> References: <224a745a0705170357i2642a964lbab821ff03bdfef2@mail.gmail.com> <464CD452.4020200@spyderweb.com.au>
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Hi, I have 4G RAM totally. The SWAP is now 4G now. Is it ok? Thanks 2007/5/18, Tim Aslat <tim@spyderweb.com.au>: > > In the immortal words of Tzu-Hua Wang on 05/17/07 20:27: > > Hi, > > I added 2G RAM to my server. Is it necessary for me to alter the size of > > SWAP? > > My SWAP is 4G originally. > > Does this mean you now have 2G or you have 2G more ram? > > Typically, the rule of thumb is you need at least 1Mb more swap than you > have actual ram. Something to do with system core-dumps, or some such. > I forget exactly what the the reason was, but it's still a good idea to > have more swap than physical memory, even if it's only a slightly larger. > > Maybe it was hibernation or something like that. Must go back and read > up on it again > > Cheers > > Tim > > -- > Tim Aslat <tim@spyderweb.com.au> > Spyderweb Consulting > http://www.spyderweb.com.au > Mobile: +61 0401088479 >
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