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So another 2 gigs of swap wouldn't hurt. Can I use a swap file IN
ADDITION TO a swap partition?<br>
/gary<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 7:02
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rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I have kubuntu 18.04
with 20 gigs ram. Does anyone know what the optimum <br>
size swap area that I should have? Currently, my swap
partition is 2 <br>
gigs. Can I increase that by creating a swap file in
addition to the <br>
swap partition?<br>
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<div>Is swap size still as relevant as it was a decade ago?
On a host with 20G RAM, I'd imagine the likelihood of
hitting swap being much lower. Having a couple of G
available just in case seems like a good idea, but I'm
unsure if the old (Total RAM * 2)=swap equation still
rings true. <br>
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<div>*does some quick internet sleuthing* <br>
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<div>According to this article: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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RedHat basically says that for CentOS server 7, a minimum
of 4G is recommended. The caveat to this is that if your
system needs to hibernate/suspend-to-disk, in which case
you'll want 1.5-2x RAM as swap in order to write in-use
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