Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 16:30:58 -0500 From: Paul Procacci <pprocacci@gmail.com> To: "Derek (freebsd lists)" <482254ac@razorfever.net> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Current swap configuration: best practices? Message-ID: <CAFbbPujbdNkkZweXRUEFX5=dmAO2CpnNLR1Od87QVJzxfMBBHA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5cd5040b-d6c9-7c5f-9eae-e7e8a098eaca@chezmarcotte.ca> References: <5cd5040b-d6c9-7c5f-9eae-e7e8a098eaca@chezmarcotte.ca>
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On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 1:49 PM Derek (freebsd lists) <
482254ac@razorfever.net> wrote:
> About to configure some new servers for production, and it feels like
> for this configuration, there is no good reason to enable or provision
> swap. Would love to understand if anyone has a different viewpoint.
>
>
For what it's worth, I haven't configured swap on any of my systems for a
long while.
Memory is plentiful and so long as you operate within the bounds of your
physical memory then there's nothing to fear.
There may be some edge cases that I am personally unaware of where swap is
actually useful, but I haven't ran into any.
I know the above isn't much, but just a comment from my personal
perspective.
~Paul
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ote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 1:49 PM D=
erek (freebsd lists) <<a href=3D"mailto:482254ac@razorfever.net">482254a=
c@razorfever.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" =
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dding-left:1ex">About to configure some new servers for production, and it =
feels like <br>
for this configuration, there is no good reason to enable or provision <br>
swap.=C2=A0 Would love to understand if anyone has a different viewpoint.<b=
r>
<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>For what it's worth, I haven't=
configured swap on any of my systems for a long while.<br></div><div> Memo=
ry is plentiful and so long as you operate within the bounds of your physic=
al memory then there's nothing to fear.<br></div>There may be some edge=
cases that I am personally unaware of where swap is actually useful, but I=
haven't ran into any.<br clear=3D"all"></div><br></div><div>I know the=
above isn't much, but just a comment from my personal perspective.<br>=
<br></div><div>~Paul</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_signature">__________________<br><br>:(){ :|:& };:</div></div=
></div>
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