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From: tuxic@××××××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] 32GB RAM and Swap
Date: Sat, 02 May 2020 02:06:24
Message-Id: 20200502020616.fm45u5aoyqe2keil@solfire
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] 32GB RAM and Swap by Raphael MD
1 On 05/01 04:50, Raphael MD wrote:
2 > Hello!
3 >
4 > Could I turn my Linux swap off.
5 > I have 32 GB of RAM memory, I suppose my system don’t need swap, because
6 > I’vea lot of RAM, is this true?
7 >
8 > Thanks
9 > --
10 > M.S. Raphael Mejias Dias
11 > ​Nuclear Engineer | Reactors
12 >
13 > Secure e-mail: raphael.mejias.dias@××××××××××.com
14 > PGP Key for raphaxx@×××××.com:
15 > https://pgp.mit.edu/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x87BC5A746072F951
16
17 Hi Raphael,
18
19 as far as I know, the hibernation mechanism of the kernel uses swap
20 as storage place for an RAM image.
21
22 If you plan to use hibernation, I think you need swap space in the
23 size of your RAM.
24
25 Cheers!
26 Meino

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