Messages in this thread | | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: 2.4 and 2GB swap partition limit | Date | Sat, 28 Apr 2001 14:04:35 -0400 (EDT) |
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Rogier Wolff writes: > Wakko Warner wrote:
>>> So you've spent almost $200 for RAM, and refuse to spend >>> $4 for 1Gb of swap space. Fine with me.
So that is a factor of 50 in price. It's what, a factor of 1000000 in access time?
> That disk space is just sitting there. Never to be used. I spent $400 > on the RAM, and I'm now reserving about $8 worth of disk space for > swap. I think that the $8 is well worth it. It keeps my machine > functional a while longer should something go haywire... As I said: > If you don't want to see it that way: Fine with me.
It is a disaster waiting to happen. Instead of having the offending process get killed, your machine could suffer extreme thrashing.
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