Quoting Greg Baker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > The magic amount of swap is the totaly memory you ever expect to need, > minus the amount of physical RAM you have. That's it, really. These > 1xRAM, 2xRAM, etc. rules are just vague hand-wavey guidelines. Just > guess how much memory you might need and subtract 1G (in your case).
I agree. I get the impression that the rule Swap = N * Physical RAM dates from the time when men were men, swapfiles were swapfiles, and systems actually swapped. Linux, as far as I am aware, has never swapped, only paged. > Note: some systems mirror the physical RAM in swap, so having less swap > than RAM is meaningless and having the same amount is pointless. Linux > doesn't do that, so the amount of swap you allocate is added to your > total RAM available. Yes, the rule for MacOS Virtual Memory is physical memory + 1MB. Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
