[GTALUG] optimum swap size

[Gary]

So another 2 gigs of swap wouldn't hurt. Can I use a swap file IN 
ADDITION TO a swap partition?
/gary

On 19-02-27 10:12 AM, Jason Shaw via talk wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 7:02 AM Gary via talk <talk at gtalug.org 
> <mailto:talk at gtalug.org>> wrote:
>
>     I have kubuntu 18.04 with 20 gigs ram. Does anyone know what the
>     optimum
>     size swap area that I should have? Currently, my swap partition is 2
>     gigs. Can I increase that by creating a swap file in addition to the
>     swap partition?
>
>     /gary
>
> 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.
>
> *does some quick internet sleuthing*
>
> According to this article: 
> https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-swap-space.html 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 memory to disk.
>
> -jason
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