On Wed, 2005-01-19 at 23:53 +0100, Carles Pina i Estany wrote: > On Jan/20/2005, Les Bell wrote: > > > > Carles Pina i Estany <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >> > > I remember some questions about Swap size, that I think that are > > confusing, like "which is the best recomended size for swap?" with > > answers like "double as RAM", "same size as RAM", etc. etc. etc. > > << > > > > I don't believe there is a definitive answer to this, only a huge number of > > differing opinions, many of which are based on oral history and old wives > > Everything about this topic is a opinion, but not some rules in some > "old" Kernels (2.0 or 2.2, I remember that i have read some problems > with less swap than RAM memory for some algorithms). But not today!
You are correct Carles, this is indeed an area of opinion. The items on swap that you ask about do indeed assume the older opinion of you should have two times your RAM as swap. Even in the early days this was largely opinion. Recently I have even heard of people looking to drop the swap partition completely. For now the older "wisdom" is what the test relies on. Thank you Les for the insight as well. I am glad to see people on this list stepping up to help fill in the technical gaps. I would encourage all people on the list to bring up any technical issues that they find and have such discussions among all of us. Your information is heard and we at LPI are actively working to make sure that any input is answered and used on the tests when it can be. I look forward to a day when this is a high volume list and I learn something technical from it daily! Thanks Carles for taking the time and effort to start this thread... -- Mark Miller Program Manager Exam Development Level 1 Linux Professional Institute _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list lpi-examdev@lpi.org http://list.lpi.org/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
