Date: 15 Nov 2002 13:48:29 -0800
From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen)
To: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
Cc: jonas@netwood.net (Jonas Fornander), FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG ('FreeBSD LIST')
Subject: Re: Running out of swap space?????
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Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> writes: > Hmmmm. Sorry for following up my own post. I didn't notice your memory > size before. 64MB + 128MB is not a lot of total space. I am not surprised No problem. (I didn't even know that was something to be sorry for.) But please reconsider promulgating that lousy old 2xRAM rule of thumb. Your "total space" is what should count; the issue should what total space is needed, not what multiple of RAM is needed. Eg, if they have 1 GB RAM, they don't need 2GB swap. What is a good rule of thumb for total space? I usually give newbies a number around 300MB. To keep the rule of thumb simple for swap-sizing, don't subtract the RAM from "total space". Just say "a good rule of thumb for swap is 300MB". The number is debatable (probably in the 200-400MB range), but the rule has the advantage of being more easily adjusted for non-rule-of-thumb cases. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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