Hi, Pete, As you say, obviously adding more RAM to a machine reduces (rather than increasing) the need for swap. It's odd that people seem to behave as if the reverse were true. :)
However, I think SIDR remains a good rule of thumb for calculating how much swap to set up in a typical desktop system initially. I've found that with swap = RAM, I can run out of VM in non-pathological ways (unless you count running memory hog office apps as pathological). Given how hard it is to increase the swapsize on typical PC systems, it's safest to err on the side of liberality. SIDR makes for just slightly more VM than I'll ever need. Or so it has seemed to me. What your point shows is that it's a mistake for someone to go upgrading swap just because they've installed more RAM. The only reason to increase swap is if they find themselves running out of VM. -- Josh Parsons Philosophy Department 1238 Social Sciences and Humanities Bldg. University of California Davis, CA 95616-8673 USA Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments. See http://www.fsf.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html _______________________________________________ vox-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
