swap space??

[Michael George]

On Monday, August 19, 2002, at 09:40  AM, Paul J. Lucas wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Michael George wrote:
>
>> I thought the 256Mb limit was eliminated in the 2.4 kernels.
>
> 	It was.
So I can allocate as much as I wish, correct?

>> We have an Xserve w/ 0.5Gb RAM, so I'd like to allocate 1-2Gb swap for 
>> it.
>
> 	Why?  You don't need that much swap.  If you do, it really means
> 	you need more RAM.

Why not?  I have 120Gb disk and 1Gb isn't going to be noticed.  I have 
the HDD space and I don't want to ever run short.

-Michael George
  Senior Engineer, Software Development
  Aurora Video Systems, Inc.