Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2008 20:23:03 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> Cc: "Anthony M. Rasat" <anthony.rasat@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: To swap or not to swap Message-ID: <20081202202241.S16385@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <20081202191047.GB91047@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <1822530854-1228237014-cardhu_decombobulator_blackberry.rim.net-916388807-@bxe1001.bisx.prodap.on.blackberry> <20081202182554.GA90678@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20081202200112.L16307@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081202191047.GB91047@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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>>> Yes, have some swap. The system uses this space for more than swapping >>> out processes. It uses it for paging and for crash dumping. The >>> rule of thumb is 2.2 times memory size. >> >> why not 2.17? > > Sounds good to me. Takes one more character to type... and both 2.2 and 2.17 is nonsense. the only rule is use as much as needed
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