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Date:      Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:19:18 +0000
From:      Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: some questions about disk partitioning and filesystems and booting
Message-ID:  <CAEJNuHxrVPfU_TB35AEXaq0QdM=p-v0rnuZWtmAgQdm_KRMNTw@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20200213150229.GC14144@bastion.zyxst.net>
References:  <20200213150229.GC14144@bastion.zyxst.net>

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On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 15:02, tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> wrote:
> The bsdinstaller defaults to 4GB swap. Isn't this insufficient on a 32GB
> system?

With 32GB RAM you might not even need swap at all, ever. I,
personally, wouldn't even bother, but that depends on the load.

> Doesn't swap need to be 2x RAM on a fast disk?

No, this is really an old assumption.

-- 
Ottavio Caruso



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