[Gllug] Linux - big not small

[Ian Northeast]

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.

Regards, Ian




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