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Should a Swap partition for Linux 2.4 kernels be at least half the size of the physical RAM?
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∙ 8y ago
None. Swap is to be put on the hard disk.
Do NOT mistake secondary storage for "physical RAM." Physical RAM is actually the term used in context of the actual system memory in your computer.
Also, Linux 2.4 is an ancient codebase, obsolete kernel version that isn't even supported by kernel.org anymore. You should be using 2.6.32.61 or later.
Finally, the rule of thumb is 1.5 times the amount of physical RAM. So, if I have 4 GiB of system memory, then I'll make a 6 GiB swap partition.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt will work without any swap partition at all, but if you want optimum performance make it as large as your memory.
Depends how you use your machine. If you mostly twiddle text at the command line, you can do without swap. If you have dozens of gui apps open simultaneously, and do a lot of stuff like video editing and encoding, maximize it
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∙ 9y agoNo, the swap size should generally equal or exceed the memory size by 2x.
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∙ 8y agoNo it should be 2x size of the RAM
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