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Re: swap size



David Wright writes:
> I get the impression that the rule Swap = N * Physical RAM dates from the
> time when men were men, swapfiles were swapfiles, and systems actually
> swapped.

I used to run System III on an Onyx (no paging: just swap).  No 2x rule.  I
believe that some versions of BSD required that swap = 2 * physical RAM for
reasons that have escaped me.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI



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