Unless you use suspend to disk, swap is not really needed. I don't believe you would load so many programs it would use all your 20GB of RAM. I have 8GB RAM and 2GB swap, no issues so far. I don't even create a swap partition anymore, I create a small swap file ( https://linuxize.com/post/how-to-add-swap-space-on-ubuntu-18-04/). This way, I can increase/decrease its size without having to mess with partitioning.
Mauro http://mauro.limeiratem.com - registered Linux User: 294521 Scripture is both history, and a love letter from God. Em qua, 27 de fev de 2019 às 12:12, Jason Shaw via talk <[email protected]> escreveu: > On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 7:02 AM Gary via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have kubuntu 18.04 with 20 gigs ram. Does anyone know what the optimum >> size swap area that I should have? Currently, my swap partition is 2 >> gigs. Can I increase that by creating a swap file in addition to the >> swap partition? >> >> /gary >> >> Is swap size still as relevant as it was a decade ago? On a host with 20G > RAM, I'd imagine the likelihood of hitting swap being much lower. Having a > couple of G available just in case seems like a good idea, but I'm unsure > if the old (Total RAM * 2)=swap equation still rings true. > > *does some quick internet sleuthing* > > According to this article: > https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-swap-space.html RedHat basically > says that for CentOS server 7, a minimum of 4G is recommended. The caveat > to this is that if your system needs to hibernate/suspend-to-disk, in which > case you'll want 1.5-2x RAM as swap in order to write in-use memory to disk. > > -jason > > > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >
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