Re: swap space size

[Johnno <valentine@xtra.co.nz>]

I have 131 meg of memory and a swap of about 100megs..

The system is ran as a server..


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gilbert, Joseph"

> Hi all,
>
> There is an issue that I do not fully understand that I have always kind
of
> taken for rote.  I was told back when I first started working with Unix
that
> the swap space needed to be at least twice the size of physical memory in
> order to ensure a stable system.
>
> Is this truly the case?  How big of an issue is it?  What are the reasons
> behind it.
>
> Joe
>
>
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