On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 01:23:10PM +0000, M. Kirchhoff wrote: > Alvin Oga <aoga <at> ns.Linux-Consulting.com> writes: > > > you should avoid using swap ... > > - if you have 64MB of swapp used, you should add a stick of 64MB > > - if you have 128MB of swap used, you should add a stick of 128MB > > > > if you use swap.. you'd just run slower ... > > Are you suggesting not having a swap partition at all, or just stuffing the > system with enough memory to ensure that the swap isn't used extensively?
I would recommend the latter. Disk space is cheaper than RAM, and it's better to be able to keep going rather than grind to a halt when you do run out of actual RAM (I've certainly managed to use all of 512MB; not more than once or twice, but it would have been a pain if I hadn't had swap available to keep me going). You just don't want to be running into swap on a regular basis. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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