Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 20:31:45 +0200 From: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@tanya.raggedclown.intra> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ideal swap partition space... Message-ID: <20011007203145.B2960@tanya.raggedclown.intra> In-Reply-To: <20011007143231.A5864@student.uu.se>; from ertr1013@student.uu.se on Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 02:32:31PM %2B0200 References: <OE44wbymh2v8nBmiZDu0000a388@hotmail.com> <20011007143231.A5864@student.uu.se>
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On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 02:32:31PM +0200, Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 05:15:12AM -0500, default wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm curious about setting up the amount of space for the swap partition... > > is there any ideal amount for FreeBSD? Or is it dependant on the size/type > > of hard drive & other hardware that one has? If so, is there any kind of > > equasion or theory behind determining what is the best amount to provide for > > the best performance? > > > > Is there such a thing as a swap partition that is too large? > <snip> This is one of those questions that may be described as perennial. I believe no-one on the planet knows the right answer...lol. Take your pick... 1) The same size as the amount of ram you have 2) -ditto- 1) but plus a "bit" 3) Twice the size of the Ram you have 4) -ditto 3) but plus a "bit" 5) Your mother's favourite number plus 100 I don't think you create a problem by having too large a swap space (unless you are really tight on disk space). It is more critical on machines with a "small" amount of ram that you have enough for swapping, quite what "small" means depends on what you are using the system for. Super-annuated programs like "netscape" eat memory like it is going out of fashion. I always choose option 3) .. I like the sound of it .. hee hee. It is somewhat ridiculous that I have 512MB of RAM and 1 Gig of swap space, but I have a big disk .. so ... Btw I am not sure what FBSD does, but UN*X type systems usually just randomly assasinate processes when they run out of virtual memory (i.e. real memory + swap). -- Regards Cliff To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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