Re: Swap

["f0g@bluewin.ch" <f0g@bluewin.ch>]

Hi,

swap space is crucial if you suspend or hibernate your system. If you want
    to be able to do that, your swap should be at least the same size of
    your RAM. That said, the old rule "RAM size x 2" had sense some time
    ago, with much smaller sizes than nowadays. Nowaday it's not really
    needed. In your case, if you want to be able to suspend and
    hibernate you need at least 4GB, but 8GB wouldn't make much sense.
    I'd go with 5 GB, or 6 if you work with software that requires an awful lot of RAM.

For more infos, see also https://wiki.debian.org/Swap

FG

---- Messaggio originale ----
Da : joscollin@gmail.com
Data : 04/02/2016 - 16:42 (CET)
A : debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
Oggetto : Swap

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