On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 07:06:37PM +0200, Jan Stary wrote:
> > this is another problem. configure
> > swap to be double the RAM size, or if you insist on loading the
> > machine about 4 times the RAM size. you obviously forgot to or didn't
> > want to configure swap.
>
> is the "twice the RAM" mantra still valid today?
No, that only makes sense for relatively small systems. The disklabel
auto allocation policy uses a max size if 2x physmem for physmem <
256M. Otherwise it allocates a bit more than physical mem size.
Running without swap should be no problem, though you might hit code
paths otherwise not taken, so there is an buigger chance you'll find
bugs. If that is good or not depends on your personal perspective.
-Otto
