Sam Varshavchik wrote: > 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. > If by "really needed" you mean will the system run without, then no. if you mean can bad things happen other than running out of memory, maybe. I never found a good reason not to have swap, on a server at least a few GB larger than memory, on a desktop 2x the size of the largest single process you expect to run. If you have that much memory I would hope you have enough disk that this isn't a means of saving disk space. :-( -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
