Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2014 12:20:50 -0400 From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler@tysdomain.com> To: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org>, FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: How much swap space for a 32 GB RAM system? Message-ID: <53CE8F62.8090701@tysdomain.com> In-Reply-To: <53CE8BB8.7030303@qeng-ho.org> References: <53CE8BB8.7030303@qeng-ho.org>
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On 7/22/2014 12:05 PM, Arthur Chance wrote: > I'm getting a new machine with 32 GB of memory. The old "twice > physical memory" sizing seems ridiculous, so how big should I make > swap? Do I even need swap with this much memory? > That number was always weird and never made much sense. What swap ultimately comes down to though is you, the user. If you foresee needing more than 32 gb ram, feel free to add more swap space. If you don't, maybe 8 gb or so just to be on the safe side. If you really need 32 gb swap space, I'd recommend just getting more ram, as that will be much, much faster than thrashing. HTH, > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Take care, Ty http://tds-solutions.net He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he that dares not reason is a slave.
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