On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 08:57:18AM -0400, James Kosin wrote: > Bruno Wolff III wrote: > >On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 09:56:25 -0400, > > James Kosin <jkosin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >>> > >>> > >>Having TOO much swap space can be a detriment and not an asset. > >>Usually, the rule of thumb I go by is allocate about 2x the amount of > >>physical memory installed on the system; for machines with < 1M. This > >>number will need to approach more or less 1x for machines with 1-2M. > >>With machines with > 2M; I'm not sure swap space will make much of a > >>difference, unless you rely on X heavily. > >> > > > >Presumably you mean Gigabytes above as there haven't been desktop machines > >with memory on the order of 1 megabyte in about 15 years. > > > >There are other factors in this. If you turn off overcommit you need to > >have swap space available to back memory that may be allocated but not > >really being used. So rules of thumb using ratios may not always be > >applicable. > > > > > Sorry, I'm a bit dated and now I've probably revealed my age. > I've been around since the first personal computers and remember when > 64K was considered a LOT of memory. I remember when the company where I worked (my first programming job), which sold a product based on a Dec lsi-11 board, decided that all new systems would go out the door with 64KB--I thought we'd died and gone to heaven, all our problems are over now! Of course it was only a few months before 64KB wasn't big enough either. :( > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven." ------------------------------ Matthew 7:21 (niv) -----------------------------
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