On Mon, 2005-10-31 at 18:19 -0500, Robert Glueck wrote: > I'm thinking of upgrading my i686 system (Intel Celeron, 1.8 > GHz) from 512 MB RAM to 1GB (it uses PC133 SDRAM DIMM > modules). I'm assuming this upgrade will give me better > speed and performance.
Do you hit swap on a regular basis? How often do you deal with large data sets? Is the disk activity on a lot? You'll get the most benefit from the extra RAM if you answer "Yes" to any of those questions. Even if you answer no to those questions, you'll still see some benefit. [snip] > Another question: If I increase RAM to 1 GB, should I also > increase the size of the swap partition (currently 0.5 GB) > and how much? Use a swap file. "man mkswap" has an example of how to make a swapfile. Then format it, and add a line to your /etc/fstab : /swap/swap001.swap none swap sw 0 0 Before kernel 2.6, swap files had a big performance hit, but now are almost the same as partitions. And much more flexible. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "I for one welcome our cross-platform word-processing overlords." Jeremy, on http://linuxtoday.com regarding StarOffice -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
