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On Monday, 17 June 2019 04:37:13 BST Grant Taylor wrote: |
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> My opinion is that the 2 x RAM no longer applies because systems don't |
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> utilize swap space. As such it's a waste of disk space to dedicate 2 x |
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> RAM to swap. |
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I've also noticed usage of swap has become much more efficient over the years, |
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even when running processes which by their nature chew up all the available |
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RAM, like an emerge with a high -j number. |
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However, if one is using the swap partition to hibernate a system, then it |
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should be at least the amount of RAM, yes? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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