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On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Grant<emailgrant@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>>> I read on this list that the kernel needs *some* swap, even just a |
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>>> tiny amount, to function properly. Is that true? If so, do you think |
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>>> it would be OK to put this tiny amount of swap on a cheap SSD? |
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>> I have no swap and things work just fine. (8 gigs of RAM) |
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>> Obviously, running without swap increases the chances of you running |
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>> out of memory, but that has never happened to me. |
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> I've been setting up all of my systems according to this, creating a |
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> 512MB swap partition: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=4 |
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> If I have 4GB RAM, all I'm accomplishing with swap is increasing this |
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> to 4.5GB? If my system requires 4.6GB at some point, I'm in the same |
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> position I would be in if I had no swap and 4.1GB requirement? |
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As far as I understand it, correct. |
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