From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 18 00:46:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D64A016A401 for ; Fri, 18 May 2007 00:46:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from biogary@gmail.com) Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.172]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ECC613C44B for ; Fri, 18 May 2007 00:46:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from biogary@gmail.com) Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 71so370161ugh for ; Thu, 17 May 2007 17:46:17 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=J96cETjFy5JoWoNsh4pXkuGlC/2mNO6vpA1nwoF+R80p9zoBJFZRB/S5wDRW7KaW8ZmVieHbs5cn+iXYZiNamgyD5kJ4oAJBejLjiBP5cwySwNXhicJ4QLrt5R5IGL+uKaYDek8lWlP2FuoQi2Q7p6+AmECd+o0jqrQuTqoy89c= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=hWXuflGG9gdNmwQvTqZufWtm4Vbfx7fV4st2IF/EsccP8d97waoRZlgzDCo+7h7az29HBeCSItmcMZWasYeILWLzeLaeLwL+xOEtNVqk2pIE8Q4C9JMq36lLKcXzm0gegobUYKWw8ckXkXfDrY4xA83VouqtyMwVLuYeh73dQ8E= Received: by 10.66.254.2 with SMTP id b2mr666039ugi.1179449176347; Thu, 17 May 2007 17:46:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.67.119.11 with HTTP; Thu, 17 May 2007 17:46:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <224a745a0705171746v2a60f8a9jabbeee2aee4e33a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 08:46:15 +0800 From: "Tzu-Hua Wang" To: "Tim Aslat" In-Reply-To: <464CD452.4020200@spyderweb.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <224a745a0705170357i2642a964lbab821ff03bdfef2@mail.gmail.com> <464CD452.4020200@spyderweb.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: About the SWAP X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: thwang@mail.nhcue.edu.tw List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 May 2007 00:46:19 -0000 Hi, I have 4G RAM totally. The SWAP is now 4G now. Is it ok? Thanks 2007/5/18, Tim Aslat : > > 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 > Spyderweb Consulting > http://www.spyderweb.com.au > Mobile: +61 0401088479 >