On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, eric clover wrote: > hello > first , thank you to all that have helped me on my other questions. > next , > my boss set up a mail server , with 256m ram , and a (I don't know why he > did this) 1g (yes , I said 1 gig) swap! > we are lucky if the server uses like over 500k of the swap at any given time > , though I have seen it use, at the most, up to 17megs of the swap. > is there any easy way I can free up that unused swap , and maybe have a > smaller one , or like 2 128m swaps, without going through a lot of > hassle? > thank you again. > ps.. glad to see that the list is back up and running smooth again > Eric I'd caution keeping the insane amount of swap, especially on a mail server. Yes, 99% of the time it won't use a fraction of the swap, but that 1% of the time it will come in handy or keep the machine from running out of memory. Unless you are cramped for space, I'd keep the swap around. Granted 1GB -> 256MB RAM is a bit much, I think the general rule of thumb is 2 x Real RAM for server type machines... $.02 Bill Carlson ------------ Systems Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Opinions are mine, Virtual Hospital http://www.vh.org/ | not my employer's. University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics | -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
