Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 17 Jun 2001 22:12:39 +0300 | From | Dan Podeanu <> | Subject | Re: 2.4 VM & swap question |
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On Sun, Jun 17, 2001 at 10:48:36AM -0700, Tom Rini wrote: > 'lo all. I've got a question about swap and RAM requirements in 2.4. Now, > when 2.4.0 was kicked out, the fact that you need swap=2xRAM was mentioned. > But what I'm wondering is what exactly are the limits on this. Right now > I've got an x86 box w/ 128ram and currently 256swap. When I had 128, I'd get > low on ram/swap after some time in X, and doing this seems to 'fix' it, in > 2.4.4. However, I've also got 2 PPC boxes, both with 256:256 in 2.4. One > of which never has X up, but lots of other activity, and swap usage seems > to be about the same as 2.2.x (right now 'free' says i'm ~40MB into swap, > 18day+ uptime). The other box is a laptop and has X up when it's awake and > that too doesn't seem to have any problem. So what exactly is the real > minium swap ammount?
I doubt there is a limit. I think 'it depends on what you're planning to do' is the correct answer. For a blank router, 32mb ram/64 swap can be enough, for a web/database server, you need more, etc.
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