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On 01/05/20 21:29, Dale wrote: |
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> It gets really slow to respond when it uses swap but it beats crashing. |
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> Just set swapiness to a low number. I think mine is set to 10. |
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> Given the cheapness of hard drives, I'm not sure why having several |
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> gigabytes of swap space is of much concern. I have the same amount of |
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> ram as you and I have a 12GB swap space. I use LVM so I can grow it if |
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> needed or just add another swap space. I might add, I've seen times |
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> where it gets used. |
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That first paragraph is why too much swap space is bad - if an app goes |
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rogue it can kill system response and make regaining control of the |
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system a nightmare. |
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Accidentally or on purpose, if a system runs out of ram and starts |
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thrashing, you're in big trouble if it's an app eating memory like no |
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tomorrow. |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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