I think I've seen this exact discussion on this list before, but if not I'm sure you can Google for other discussions. I know many people still do the 2x memory sizing for their swap space, but since I've got 2GB of ram in my desktop machine and never seem to hit swap I've been keeping a 1x memory area for swap.
I think people are beginning to shift to the mindset of only having enough swap space to act as a safety net for those times when you run out of space in RAM. Really, if you want performance gains, you don't ever want to have to use swap space at all. On Oct 31, 2008, at 3:49 AM, Beyza wrote: > > Hi, > > When I install a Linux distro, I always give 2 X memory size to my > swap partition. This is classic. So, If I have 1 gb memory , I give 2 > gb for the swap partition. > > However, I don't know how much should I give if I have 16gb ram. > Should I give 32 gb space for the swap? This seems a bit large for a > swap partition, but what you think? > > Thanks, > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
