Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265176AbTFRMFU (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:05:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265178AbTFRMFU (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:05:20 -0400 Received: from sophia.inria.fr ([138.96.64.20]:9673 "EHLO sophia.inria.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265176AbTFRMFQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 18 Jun 2003 08:05:16 -0400 Subject: 2.4.20 kernel, 4Go Ram, swap size recommendation ? From: Nicolas Turro To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Organization: INRIA Message-Id: <1055938752.2310.209.camel@atlas.inria.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 18 Jun 2003 14:19:12 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1022 Lines: 26 Hi, we have a bunch of Pcs here with 4 Go of ram. In the old times, setting a swap file twice as big as the physical ram was the rule i followed. In the begining of 2.4 series this rule was mandatory. What is the current 'usage' speaking of swapfile size ? We have big disks (80Go) so 8go of swap is not a problem but is-it necessary ? Realistic ? Most of our machines will be used as desktop, with kde env + dev tools AND will sometime run ONE BIG process.. (mathlab, custom computation). I think that each process cannot be bigger than 3 Go ? plus, let say, an overhead of.. 2 Go for the env (X server/kde), totalling 5 Go of total memory space needed... 4 Go of physram + 8 Go swap seems useless... Any thoughts ? -- Nicolas Turro INRIA - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/