On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Rahul Tidke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello, > I am configuring a server with 3 GB of RAM; how much swap partition size > should I allocate. I think allocating twice of RAM will be waste of HDD > space. What is the standard. > > The double rule was created when computers had very little ram (< 512MB). If you intend to hibernate, then you need at least the same size of the ram. Otherwise, I think 1GB is good enough. But you can always use a file as a swap area. http://fcp.surfsite.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=502 http://sanjaykatiyar1.blogspot.com/2007/08/create-swap-file-in-fedora-linux.html -- Paulo Roma Cavalcanti LCG - UFRJ
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