From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 6 00:08:02 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 626E81065674 for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2011 00:08:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Dave.Robison@fisglobal.com) Received: from mailoutltc.fnis.com (mailoutltc.fnis.com [199.200.24.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27FAB8FC1F for ; Thu, 6 Jan 2011 00:08:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from sbhfislrext01.fnfis.com ([192.168.249.167]) by SCSFISLTC01 (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id p05NOaol013566 for ; Wed, 5 Jan 2011 17:24:36 -0600 Received: from sbhfisltcgw02.FNFIS.COM (Not Verified[10.132.248.122]) by sbhfislrext01.fnfis.com with MailMarshal (v6, 5, 4, 7535) id ; Wed, 05 Jan 2011 17:24:39 -0600 Received: from sbhfisltcgw01.FNFIS.COM ([10.132.248.121]) by sbhfisltcgw02.FNFIS.COM with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Wed, 5 Jan 2011 17:24:35 -0600 Received: from lefty.vicor.com ([10.132.254.136]) by sbhfisltcgw01.FNFIS.COM over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Wed, 5 Jan 2011 17:24:35 -0600 Message-ID: <4D24FDB4.4060904@fisglobal.com> Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2011 15:24:36 -0800 From: "Robison, Dave" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101222 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <009b01cbad28$883d31c0$98b79540$@com> <19331_1294269649_4D24FCD1_19331_11348_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499A7AF90D4@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> In-Reply-To: <19331_1294269649_4D24FCD1_19331_11348_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499A7AF90D4@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Jan 2011 23:24:35.0868 (UTC) FILETIME=[B730ADC0:01CBAD2F] Subject: Re: Swap Space X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: david.robison@fisglobal.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:08:02 -0000 On 01/05/11 15:20, Gary Gatten wrote: >> I will be installing 8.1 on a Dell Poweredge 2850, with dual 3 GHz XEON >> processors and 6GB RAM. >> >> What is the recommended swap space? >> >> >> I'm finding conflicting data on this. Some say 0, some say 1 times RAM, >> others say stay with 2 x RAM. >> > Definitely not 0, but 2x would probably be way too much IMO. 4 - 6 GB should > be enough for most use cases. > > > Correct me if I'm wrong, but if necessary one could add (and activate) a secondary / additional swap file if necessary without rebooting. So maybe start with a few gig and add an additional swap file if necessary? > > > > > > >
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