[ale] Low memory system

[Geoffrey]

The 2x memory thing is a ballpark figure.  If you've got 1 gig of
memory, you certainly don't need 2 gig of swap.  On the other hand, you
probably want more then 2x swap if you've got 8 meg of memory.  Apply 2x
rule with common sense.

Charles Marcus wrote:
> 
> Well, this contradicts something I read, I believe written by Linus, or some
> other big-time guru, that said this was not true...
> 
> But, I certainly cannot say so myself - I am just going by what I read by
> those whose opinions I respect.
> 
> Charles
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vernard Martin [mailto:vernard at cc.gatech.edu]
> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 5:11 PM
> > To: Charles Marcus
> > Cc: "Ale (E-mail)"
> > Subject: Re: [ale] Low memory system
> >
> >
> > > My understanding is, the RAM X 2 standard only applies up
> > to about 256MB of
> > > swap - after that, it is wasted disk space.  So, if your
> > compiter has more
> > > than 128MB of RAM, just use 256MB of swap.
> >
> > Up until the 2.4.9 series of kernels, you were required to
> > have Swap = 2X ram
> > for performance reasons. Using less than that would make you
> > vulnerable to a
> > lockup bug that didn't require you to stress the machine out
> > much at all. if
> > you using 2.4.10 or higher than you can juse pretty much
> > whatever you want for
> > swap with the caveat that swap is what is going to determine
> > your virtual
> > memory. :)
> >
> >
> > V
> > ---
> > Vernard Martin (vernard at cc.gatech.edu)
> > http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vernard/
> >         "Anything worth fighting over is worth fighting dirty over"
> 
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