On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Gary Stiehr wrote:
> Hi,
> I will be installing RedHat Linux 6.2 on a server with 1GB of
> RAM. I have doubts about creating 1GB worth of swap partitions. The
> swap is only used when RAM is full and there is a request to load
> something else into RAM, right? I would appreciate any
> advice/info/links.
>
> Thank you,
> Gary Stiehr
>
>
I think that rule is from when a core file was generated, it would use
swap space equivelent to the size of your ram. I remember reading
something about it, but my memory is hazy. In any case, this is not
true for Linux. Swap size depends more on how the system will be used.
There are people running with no swap spce without problems. In you
case, I would probably set up a 128M swap partation, and watch usage.
You may find this is way too much, or it may end up being too small.
If you find you are using a lot of swap space, you can alsway create
another swap partition.
Also, if you are going to be using more then one disk, you will want to
create swap space on more then one drive.
Mikkel
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