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| author | delphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-03-09 05:41:04 +0000 |
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| committer | delphij <delphij@FreeBSD.org> | 2009-03-09 05:41:04 +0000 |
| commit | f9380aeb62a89f874386c8735dcfc0befe5029e4 (patch) | |
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A system with plenty of memory would not require so much swap for generic
usage.
Discussed with: dillon
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diff --git a/share/man/man7/tuning.7 b/share/man/man7/tuning.7 index 538f441..9041181 100644 --- a/share/man/man7/tuning.7 +++ b/share/man/man7/tuning.7 @@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ I usually create, in order, a 128M root, 1G swap, 128M and use any remaining space for .Pa /home . .Pp -You should typically size your swap space to approximately 2x main memory. +You should typically size your swap space to approximately 2x main memory +for systems with less than 2GB of RAM, or approximately 1x main memory +if you have more. If you do not have a lot of RAM, though, you will generally want a lot more swap. It is not recommended that you configure any less than |
