[Gllug] Linux - big not small

[Stephen Harker]

Ian Northeast wrote:
> Jason Clifford wrote:
> 
>> Now that vast amounts of RAM are cheap (hands up all those with 1GB or 
>> more of RAM on their desktop box) I'd say that no more than 1x 
>> physical memory is appropriate. If it were not for the fact that 
>> storage is also dirt cheap I'd suggest that .25 or .5 memory is 
>> reasonable.
> 
> 
> I generally go for 1G of swap regardless of how much memory there is and 
> consider that if it starts using it it needs more memory.
> 
> Storage is indeed dirt cheap but swapping is inefficient IMO.

Actually, having unused parts of memory swapped out and using that 
memory as filesystem buffer instead is quite a lot more efficient in 
many cases. It's just a matter of finding a good algorithm for deciding 
what to swap out and what not.

Stephen
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