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Date:      Mon, 9 Mar 2009 05:41:04 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Xin LI <delphij@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r189552 - head/share/man/man7
Message-ID:  <200903090541.n295f4PO010809@svn.freebsd.org>

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Author: delphij
Date: Mon Mar  9 05:41:04 2009
New Revision: 189552
URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/189552

Log:
  A system with plenty of memory would not require so much swap for generic
  usage.
  
  Discussed with:	dillon

Modified:
  head/share/man/man7/tuning.7

Modified: head/share/man/man7/tuning.7
==============================================================================
--- head/share/man/man7/tuning.7	Mon Mar  9 03:35:25 2009	(r189551)
+++ head/share/man/man7/tuning.7	Mon Mar  9 05:41:04 2009	(r189552)
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ I usually create, in order, a 128M root,
 and use any remaining space for
 .Pa /home .
 .Pp
-You should typically size your swap space to approximately 2x main memory.
+You should typically size your swap space to approximately 2x main memory
+for systems with less than 2GB of RAM, or approximately 1x main memory
+if you have more.
 If you do not have a lot of RAM, though, you will generally want a lot
 more swap.
 It is not recommended that you configure any less than



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