Swap Space Recommendation

[Andrew Bacchi]

As far as I remember, double the RAM up to 2 G.  Linux doesn't use more 
than 2 G of swap.  And if you have 16 G of RAM, you'll probably never 
use any swap.

Esquivel, Vicente wrote:
> Is it still recommended that your swap space be twice the size of the
> RAM you have on a server?  I mean is it practical to setup 32GB of swap
> space when you have 16GB of RAM on a server?   Seems like a lot of swap
> space to setup and have there not really being used but I could be
> missing something.  
>  
>  
> Thanks
> Vince

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Andrew Bacchi
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