<p>Absolutely agreed. Aside from program bugs, I have only ever used swap due to lack of chip RAM once or twice, working on processing some huge data. So, not time to add another 2GB stick yet...</p>
<p>--<br>
Sent from my HTC Vision (G2), running Gingerbread.<br>
That is, a phone-like mobile device. :)</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 18, 2011 10:14 AM, "Geoffrey Myers" <<a href="mailto:lists@serioustechnology.com">lists@serioustechnology.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Michael Trausch wrote:<br>
>> Even using my desktop system for heavy tasks, I rarely dip into swap <br>>> usage. I have 6 GB RAM, and unless I am being pretty wasteful everything <br>>> fits in that. Even multilayer GIMP images while compiling the kernel <br>
>> and GCC seems to not fill up memory (but I can say bye bye to I/O <br>>> bandwidth...)<br>> <br>> I would suggest that if you're 'dipping into swap' on any kind of <br>> regular basis, it's time for more memory. Swap is a protection <br>
> mechanism, not something you want to use on a regular basis.<br>> <br>>> <br>>> --<br>>> Sent from my HTC Vision (G2), running Gingerbread.<br>>> That is, a phone-like mobile device. :)<br>
>> <br>>> On Jan 18, 2011 9:56 AM, "Jim Kinney" <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a> <br>>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
>> > Swap space _really_ depends on how the system is used. A single user <br>>> desktop<br>>> > running web browsing and email can have swap turned of if the system <br>>> has 4GB<br>>> > RAM. Using a heavy memory application like extensive gimp on HUGE <br>
>> files with<br>>> > loads of undo levels, leave the swap at 2:1 swap:RAM<br>>> ><br>>> > For a multi-user server, swap use will be determined by the type of<br>>> > application and the loading of it. A multi-purpose system running <br>
>> mail, web,<br>>> > file servics, etc, will benefit from the swap space at around 2:1. But a<br>>> > high performance solo-service web server running tomcat with multiple<br>>> > multi-core cpu's will not benefit unless the web application has <br>
>> long-lived<br>>> > caching of user state.<br>>> ><br>>> > High performance file servers (NFS or CIFS) should have swap nearly <br>>> turned<br>>> > off or at the most 1:1 for caching of system . If a fileserver starts<br>
>> > hitting swap, the pager is about to start beeping.<br>>> ><br>>> > --<br>>> > --<br>>> > James P. Kinney III<br>>> > I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.<br>
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