Re: swap size

[Jeremy Hinegardner <jeremy@meru.cecs.missouri.edu>]

A single linux swap partition cannot be more than 128MB in size.  But that
doesn't mean you're limited to only 1 swap partition. As far as how much 
you should need I can't really answer that question.  But if it helps the
SGI Octane workstation I use has 512MB of RAM and only one swap partition
of 256MB, and it hits the swap pretty hard on occasion.

I hope this helped,

-jeremy

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 Jeremy Hinegardner             jeremy@meru.cecs.missouri.edu
 Research Assistant             http://meru.cecs.missouri.edu

 University of Missouri - Columbia
 Multimedia Communications and Visualization Laboratory
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On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Max wrote:

> I'm about ready to setup a machine with 512 MB of RAM and I'm
> wondering how much swap space I should allocate.  I've read about the
> 2x rule, but 1 GB of swap seems somewhat excessive.  I've also been
> told that Linux will not use more than 128 MB of swap.  So, how much
> should I allocate?  Can I change it later without having to reinstall
> everything?  The machine is a dual-processor workstation that will be
> used by 4-8 people concurrently for number crunching and all sorts of
> simulations.
> 
> Also, is it possible to put /tmp within swap?  Is that the default?
> 
> Thanks,
>     Max
> 
> 
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