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SubjectRe: Swap size proportion
Usual figure is 2x RAM -- so 256MB. HOWEVER, kernel 2.0.x and the old
fdisk/swapon/swapoff/etc utils only handle 128MB per swap partition. To
use more get kernel 2.2.x and the latest utilities.



On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Matthew Vanecek wrote:

> On 16 Apr, none spewed forth:
> ::
> :: HI * ,
> ::
> :: What are the proportion of swap size for RAM size ?
> :: ex. I have 128 mb RAM, what are the best size of my partiiion/file swap ?
> ::
> :: Tanks
> ::
>
> This would be a better question for a newsgroup, but in answer...
> Whatever you need. Depends on your machine, your applications, etc.
> Try searching dejanews or Usenet for more info.
>
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