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Date:      31 Jul 2002 13:58:17 -0500
From:      Kirk Strauser <kirk@strauser.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 1GB ram, how much SWAP?
Message-ID:  <87u1mfk9me.fsf@pooh.int>
In-Reply-To: <20020731171728.GH22253@web.ca>
References:  <20020731171728.GH22253@web.ca>

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At 2002-07-31T17:17:28Z, Rob Ellis <rob@web.ca> writes:

> if you have a gigabyte of ram, does the 2 x ram calculation for the swap
> partition (from the fbsd handbook) still make sense?  thanks.

IANA kernel hacker, but I've read that you should allocate at least twice
the amount of RAM for the main reason that FreeBSD's VM system is optimized
for that amount.  It will still run with less swap, but it will use
less-optimal algorithms and/or settings.
-- 
Kirk Strauser
The Strauser Group - http://www.strausergroup.com/

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