[ale] memory requirements

[Jim Kinney]

Hmm. I have a few VMs with full desktop with 2G and 4G swap. Centos6/7 and
a fedora something. No kde desktops as I went gnome before QT went gpl.
On Mar 25, 2016 6:25 PM, "DJ-Pfulio" <djpfulio at jdpfu.com> wrote:

> 2GB isn't enough for modern systems.  I had lockups with 2G of RAM and 2G
> swap.
>  Had to double swap to 4G to prevent memory suckage.  Plus, I wasn't
> running
> **any** DE, just openbox.
>
> For servers, 2G is vast overkill for all but the heaviest software .... or
> running Java. Java always needs 16G of RAM - ALWAYS!
>
> If you are looking at a chromebox/chromebook to use as a normal desktop,
> get a
> 4G RAM model and avoid last year's Celeron-N/Atom CPUs.  The 3015 or 5015
> CPUs
> are nice.  If the plan is to run a small, home, server for photos, media
> playback, or Plex, then 512G is plenty.  Extra RAM will be used for disk
> buffers
> - which isn't a bad thing.
>
> If you do Linux virtualization, 2G isn't enough to begin.  4G is enough
> for 2
> small server VMs that will run well and the hostOS won't suck too.
>
> This assumes a reasonably modern CPU with 3000K passmarks or more.  That's
> pretty easy to get in a chromebook for $330.
>
> So ... for what purpose is the machine?
>
>
> On 03/25/2016 05:27 PM, Jim Kinney wrote:
> > For most current, full-sized (gnome or kde) desktop installs, that's a
> minimum
> > working limit. Think browser with multiple tabs, email client and
> LibreOffice
> > all at once.
> >
> > For better performance, use a lighter-weight desktop like lxde.
> >
> > For a simple webserver with all static pages, 2G is plenty. Ditto for a
> simple
> > file server, NFS or CIFS.
> >
> > On March 25, 2016 5:11:29 PM EDT, John Caruso <misrerenobis at aol.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >     Is 2GB enough?
> >
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