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Date:      Wed, 24 Mar 1999 13:41:23 -0600
From:      Nathan Ahlstrom <nrahlstr@winternet.com>
To:        Peter Brezny <peter@cyber1.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: swap file size
Message-ID:  <19990324134123.B22003@winternet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9903241433140.10069-100000@lms1.cyber1.net>; from Peter Brezny on Wed, Mar 24, 1999 at 02:34:38PM -0500
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.02.9903241433140.10069-100000@lms1.cyber1.net>

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Peter Brezny <peter@cyber1.net> wrote:
> it appears that the default swap file size on install is about twice the
> installed ram...
> 
> is a smaller swap size better for a 2.2.8 machine that is going to be
> strictly used as a web server?  one closer to the actual size of the ram
> in the box?

No.  Swap space should be at least 2 times as large as the amount of RAM
you have.  I usually use more.

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Nathan Ahlstrom
nrahlstr@winternet.com
http://www.FreeBSD.org/


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