the...@sys-concept.com wrote: > > You might be correct, I'm reinstalling from fresh today so I'll put SWAP > back. Question, how much swap should I allocate? Isn't the unwritten > rule RAM * 2 so 32GB of swap partition? or RAM * 1.5 > > -- > Thelma > >
This is like asking what brand of hard drive to buy. Or what brand of Mobo or even memory itself. There is usually no right answer. I have 16GBs of memory. I have 1GB of swap. Sometimes I wish I had more swap but for the most part, I wish I had more memory. When it starts using swap, this otherwise fast rig gets dead dog slow. If I hit ctrl F3 to switch to the desktop where Konsole is parked, it takes quite a while to switch. So, I don't like it using any swap at all but it is better than it killing processes to keep it chugging along. The best advice, take past experience from how you use your system and what you do with it and use that, maybe even add just a small amount to be safe. If you've never had a system use swap with the amount of memory you have, have a small swap, for just in case. If you have ran into situations where you have had to use swap because you don't have enough memory, may want to make swap bigger. On Alan's advice, keep in mind, Alan manages and deals with tons of servers. He's likely seen some strange setups that either are overdone or underdone and learned from it. One can learn a lot from overkill and underkill. As with anything, you don't want to waste space with to much swap but if it comes to it, you want enough to keep you from crashing. How's that for advice? lol Dale :-) :-)
