[luau] do 2gb ram need swap space?

whenever whatever at whoever.net
Fri May 24 18:14:00 PDT 2002


We have a bsd server with 2 gb ram, dual processors.  we ran out of memory 
when pushing too much data into Prosgres database at once.  We have to split 
the data to get around it.

On Friday 24 May 2002 06:05 pm, you wrote:
> On Friday, May 24, 2002, at 05:43 PM, Warren Togami wrote:
> > Here's Chris Kloiber of Red Hat Enterprise Support's answer to Scott's
> > question.  I think highly of Chris so I personally would follow his
> > advice.
> >
> >> I would say that for your personal machine 2GB swap is enough with 2GB
> >> RAM. (you will likely never use it) However if the machine is a
> >> production machine of any sort, stick with the recommended 2-3x RAM
> >> swap.
>
> Thanks for getting that answer for me, Warren.  I guessed half right and
> went with 2.  It will be for heavy duty production, ( I don't have a
> home raid box with 2gb ram, I want one, but I have none), so I guess
> that I will be making a change.  Now I know. :-)
>
> scott
>
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