Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 17:14:17 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Jeff Whitman <JWhitman@jwnetsource.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Swap Space Message-ID: <AANLkTi=GUjG510LvuO==3aaPbFYt5FRf_QyVR8J8v2Tz@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <009b01cbad28$883d31c0$98b79540$@com> References: <009b01cbad28$883d31c0$98b79540$@com>
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On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 4:33 PM, Jeff Whitman <JWhitman@jwnetsource.com>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. -- Adam Vande More
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