Max size of swapspace - 2GB?

[Fraser Campbell]

Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> The man pages often become out of date.  I think this is such a case.  I
> believe 2.6 kernels can handle much larger than 2GB swap space.  On the
> other hand I can't imagine how awful the system must run when it is
> using even 1GB of swap. :)

It's surprising how well a machine with 7GB of RAM used and 4GB of 
occupied swap can function.

Of course if your tomcat instance has been dormant for a long time the 
first hit might be a little slow ;-)

Fraser

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