Re: Swap

I guess it depends on your RAM usage. Currently I have an 8GB RAM laptop 
but my usage never goes beyond 6GB (even doing scientific computations) 
so I didn't bother allocating more then 1GB for my swap partition.

On 02/04/2016 01:49 PM, Leslie S Satenstein wrote:
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>     *From:* Jos Collin <[email protected]>
>     *To:* [email protected]
>     *Sent:* Thursday, February 4, 2016 10:42 AM
>     *Subject:* Swap
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>     Hello,
>     How much swap space does 4GB ram ideally requires ? I have been
>     using the rule "RAM size x 2" for calculating the size of swap.
>     But as the RAM sizes are bigger nowadays, is this a wrong
>     calculation ? I mean, is it okay if I use 1 GB of swap space (or
>     lesser) for a 4gb RAM ?
>     (I use to suspend my system everyday by pressing alt+shutdown menu
>     in gnome 3)
>     Please suggest.
>     Thanks,
>     Jos Collin
>
>
>     Here is my viewpoint
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>     Ramsize is typically 1.5 to one for system RAM up to 4 gigs, and
>     then around 0.6 gigs per gig of ram beyond.  My 8 gig Fedora
>     system has allocated, 7 gigs of swap space.
>
>     Regards
>     *
>      Leslie
>     *
>     *Mr. Leslie Satenstein*
>     *Montréal Québec, Canada*
>
>     **
>
>
>

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