Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Dan Farrell <dan@×××××××××.cx>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mounting Question...
Date:	Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:45:53
Message-Id:	`20071220113927.10ab73b9@pascal.spore.ath.cx`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Mounting Question... by Dirk Heinrichs

1	On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:11:19 +0100
2	Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de> wrote:
3
4	> leave it out completely on systems with >=1G RAM, but there may be
5	> cases where swap is needed even with this large amount of memory.
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7	I don't think this is wise, as context switching in low-memory
8	scenarios seems to perform much better if there is just a little
9	swap space to be used. Furthermore, that way programs don't die if the
10	memory runs out.
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