On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 4:07 PM, Mark Haney <mhaney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Bryn M. Reeves wrote: >> Mark Haney wrote: >>> Dan Track wrote: >>>> I was recently asked a question about how much RAM should there be >>>> within a server given that the APP uses 8GB of Memory, should I buy >>>> 10Gig of memory and have a small harddrive and no swap space? Would >>>> this configuration allow everything in my OS to run from RAM and not >>>> from swap? If this is the case then there's no need to ever create >>>> swap, is there?!? >>>> >>>> Your thoughts are appreciated. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Dan >>>> >>> >>> With RAM, the more the merrier. I guess the question is, what does this >> >> Unless you're on a 32-bit system in which case more RAM can make you >> much less merrier since the mere addition of the memory causes more >> pressure on the already constrained lowmem available on these platforms. >> >> Regards, >> Bryn. >> > > True, but the assumption was 64-bit since he says the app uses 8GB RAM. > > -- Thanks for the info, but if my only reads from disk and will not grow beyond 8GB is it true to say that I have no need for swap space if I install 10GB or more of RAM? Dan -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines