Re: new memory = more swap?

From: Aaron Konstam (akonstam_at_trinity.edu)
Date: 03/19/04

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    On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 09:20:56PM +0200, thedogfarted wrote:
    > I doubt you need to increase swap unless you already experience a lack
    > of swap space. I have 512M RAM and only 256M swap space, but i've never
    > had more that 50% of swap space used.
    >
    > Craig Thomas wrote:
    > >I have 256MB ram and a 502MB swap, and want to increase to 384MB ram, [i
    > >know, i know it's an old machine]. I've read in the RH manual and else
    > >where that double the amount of ram is "right". If I want more swap but
    > >don't have any unpartitioned space left, what are my options? (I do,
    > >however, have lots of free space on my drive).
    > >
    > >TIA
    > >
    > >-Craig
    > >
    We seem to be in a size war. 512MB of Ram makes a big difference over
    256MB of Ram. Again the speed of the processor makes a difference.
    Also how much you have installed. 

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