Sam Varshavchik <mrsam <at> courier-mta.com> writes: > > I'll probably have a new server with 16 gigs of RAM on the way, soon. > > With this amount of RAM being sufficient, do I really need a swap partition > set up? I do understand that a swap partition is needed for hibernation, but > this server does not need to hibernate. >
It is a matter of having it ready when you need it. Even if you may think you do not need it, a software installation may check for it. Example: 2.1.2 Server Component Swap Space Requirements Table 2 Swap Space Requirements for Oracle Database XE Server 10g Your Computer's RAM Swap Space Needed Between 0 and 256 megabytes 3 times the size of RAM Between 256 and 512 megabytes 2 times the size of RAM 512 megabytes and greater 1024 megabytes JB -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
