Well... As far as now we have advanced in discussing where the swap partition should be (the location on the hard disk)... or even if is convenient to have a swap file or a disk partition... Are we in conditions to make a wrap up and a close up conclusion?
What do you think? On Jan 21, 2008 10:38 PM, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 21 Jan 2008, John Hasler wrote: > > Ron Johnson writes: > > > So, if a year down the road, you add more RAM and commensurately want > to > > > increase the swap space, you're stuck. > > > > Adding memory is not a reason to increase swap. > > No, but if you use the swap partition for hibernation, you might find > yourself in trouble if Murphy hates you, even if you do use LZMA > compression > on the hibernation image. > > Otherwise, yes, in a modern Linux system, you really just need as much > swap > as you might need *extra* virtual memory. But more swap lets the kernel > play some performance tricks (as in don't drop something from swap unless > that data is invalidated). > > -- > "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring > them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond > where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot > Henrique Holschuh > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
