Re: Swap

I think that's a good idea. I will create a swap file instead of a swap
partition, so that I can monitor and change it easily at a later point of
time. In that case, I will partition my SSD as a single 120GB ext4, which
is having a 5gb swap file.
On 04-Feb-2016 9:50 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> swap space is crucial if you suspend or hibernate your system. If you want
> to be able to do that, your swap should be at least the same size of your
> RAM. That said, the old rule "RAM size x 2" had sense some time ago, with
> much smaller sizes than nowadays. Nowaday it's not really needed. In your
> case, if you want to be able to suspend and hibernate you need at least
> 4GB, but 8GB wouldn't make much sense. I'd go with 5 GB, or 6 if you work
> with software that requires an awful lot of RAM.
>
> For more infos, see also https://wiki.debian.org/Swap
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> FG
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> ---- Messaggio originale ----
> Da : [email protected]
> Data : 04/02/2016 - 16:42 (CET)
> A : [email protected]
> Oggetto : Swap
>
> 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
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