From: nomad@castle.org (Lee Damon) Subject: Re: 0.97 patchlevel 3 available Date: 9 Sep 1992 22:54:08 GMT
In article <1992Sep8.011444.21687@pool.info.sunyit.edu> ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson) writes:
>the 16 MB limit. If a system has the maximum amount of RAM, which
>is presently 16 MB, and needs more than 16 MB swap space on a regular
>basis, isn't it slow? Using an additional swap partition or file for
I havn'et done any tests on linux yet, but in general the rule I've followed
in setting up the un*x systems I administer is:
light load swap = 2x RAM
moderate/medium load sawp = 3x RAM (this is the usual)
heavy load swap = 4x+
(where load is a factor of how bound your system is by the memory
it is trying to use. The more processes, or the larger they are, the
more swap you need, obviously.)
The problem comes in when you are limited to 4 partitions on a disk. If
you have big disks, it is easy to waste space.
>opposite end of the disk!). If more than 32 MB of memory (16 MB
>RAM, 16 MB swap) is needed on a regular basis, wouldn't it be better
>to focus on adding better support for more RAM? Do any Linux users
>use more than 32 MB on a regular basis?
>
I have 32 MB in my box, I'd like to make use of it.
nomad
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