i know, i know. this is an old chestnut.
we used to have swap 2-3x main memory,
but nowadays the wisdom is that that old rule
is no longer applicable. (this is on RHE5.)
so here i am, with a 128GB memory system with 16GB of swap.
and here i am, killing the system by running it out of swap.

my observation is that if i have large memory, i will use it.
(to say nothing of memory leaks etc.)
and if i have a few multiple large memory processes,
why wouldn't i want swap sized at 2-3x memory?

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Andrew Hume  (best -> Telework) +1 623-551-2845
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AT&T Labs - Research; member of USENIX and LOPSA




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