Re: Swap

[babhs chalios <babisel10@gmail.com>]

I think that 4GB of RAM is not that big nowadays so the "RAM size x 2" 
still holds. If you go over 8GB then it might be an overkill.
It depends though what kind of stuff you 're gonna use the system for. 
If you want to run many applications that will require in general much 
more than
"total RAM + swap space" size then you might want to increase swap space 
(given you can't increase the RAM).

Cheers,
Babis

On 02/04/2016 03:42 PM, Jos Collin wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How much swap space does 4GB ram ideally requires ? I have been using 
> the rule "RAM size x 2" for calculating the size of swap. But as the 
> RAM sizes are bigger nowadays, is this a wrong calculation ? I mean, 
> is it okay if I use 1 GB of swap space (or lesser) for a 4gb RAM ?
>
> (I use to suspend my system everyday by pressing alt+shutdown menu in 
> gnome 3)
>
> Please suggest.
>
> Thanks,
> Jos Collin