Hi,
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Devendra Laulkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am starting a new thread instead of replying to the original post... > > I would like to know the ideal swap partition size for new computers which > typically come with > 1 Gigs of RAM. > As rightly mentioned in other mail/s, usage of swap depends on the applications functionality and not just the size of RAM. > Personally, I never recommend a swap partition of more that 500-600 MB, > because typically I have seen that swap partition is not utilized to that > extent for typical home + development use. I feel that swap partition = 2 > * physical memory formula seems to be long outdated with current RAM > sizes. > In the current scenario, where disk drives are not less than 80 GB, keeping some 2 GB for swap really does not matter. If swap is not being used, fine, if it being used, that should also be fine. -Sudhanwa ~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~!~~ www.sudhanwa.com -- ______________________________________________________________________ Pune GNU/Linux Users Group Mailing List: ([email protected]) List Information: http://plug.org.in/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/plug-mail Send 'help' to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for mailing instructions.
