new memory = more swap?

[duncan brown]

marc,
the more swap you have the more likely you'll be to have things go into swap.  i only have 256mb of ram and i'm only using 70mb of swap, and it doesn't look like the number's changing much if at all.  you don't want to get too crazy with swap.


----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Schwartz <MSchwartz at MedAnalytics.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 13:26:26 -0600
To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Subject: Re: new memory = more swap?

> I'm not sure that it would be a mistake. I suspect that the answer will
> be to a large extent specific to the use of the system such as what apps
> do you run, how many apps simultaneously, are you compiling apps, is
> this a server or workstation, what services do you run. Things like
> that.
> 
> My older i8200 Dell laptop had 1GB of RAM and a 1GB swap. There were
> times when perhaps 30-40% of the swap space was in use.
> 
> My new Dell i5150 laptop has 2GB of RAM, and I rarely ever see more than
> 30-50 MB of swap in use and it is used largely in the same way as the
> i8200 was. As I am typing this, it is 0 MB in use.
> 
> The guidelines are just that, guidelines. You need to have a better feel
> for your system's utilization and based upon that, adjust accordingly.
> Obviously, the more swapping that takes place, the slower the system
> response will be in general.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Marc Schwartz
> 
> 
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