Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2012 14:13:49 +0000 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Manually partitioning using gpart Message-ID: <50B2279D.9020203@cran.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20121125132930.3a417be5.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <1353842774.2508.18.camel@q> <20121125132930.3a417be5.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On 25/11/2012 12:29, Polytropon wrote: > Won't be wrong; my understanding of the rule was "2 * size of > _possible_ RAM in the machine". But disk space is cheap, so > 8 G should be fine. But again, the requirement for the swap > partition depends on what you're doing with the machine and > what you're expecting (e. g. will you want to save kernel dumps > to the swap partition?). You probably want to stop following that rule some time before you get to 8 TB RAM (http://semiaccurate.com/2010/09/29/inphi-imbs-can-stuff-8tb-ram-system/) :) -- Bruce Cran
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