On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Paulo Cavalcanti <promac@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Rahul Tidke <rahul@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> I am configuring a server with 3 GB of RAM; how much swap partition size >> should I allocate. I think allocating twice of RAM will be waste of HDD >> space. What is the standard. >> > > The double rule was created when computers had very little ram (< 512MB). > > If you intend to hibernate, then you need at least the same size of the ram. > Otherwise, I think 1GB is good enough. But you can always use a file as a > swap > area. > > > http://fcp.surfsite.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=502 > > http://sanjaykatiyar1.blogspot.com/2007/08/create-swap-file-in-fedora-linux.html Yes you are right about swap files, you may be interested in reading this: http://www.go2linux.org/manage-the-use-of-swap-memory http://www.go2linux.org/swap-file-vs-swap-partition > > > -- > Paulo Roma Cavalcanti > LCG - UFRJ > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines > -- Guillermo Garron "Linux IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are." (Using Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/go2linux http://www.go2linux.org -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
