RE: [K12OSN] swap size
Kirk Rheinlander (kirk@kpj2.com)
Mon, 29 Apr 2002 12:59:30 -0600
OK, so this "rule of thumb" was specified by Windoze some 30+ years ago, or
some 15+ year before Windoze existed. Interesting view of history....I'm
sure that Bell Labs would get a kick out of this interpretation.
Revisionist history at its' finest!
With Win2k at least, you use most of swap space, even if physical RAM is
not even close to being allocated. Swap space on 'Nix's are exactly what
John indicated they were, and the swap=mem is just a rule of thumb, and the
subject of more than a few performance tuning scenarios.
Kirk
At 12:17 PM 4/29/2002, you wrote:
> > I'd love to know where that rule of thumb came from. It's been
> > around for 20 years or more. In my opinion, it's completely wrong.
>
>It comes from interpretation of swap space for Windoze servers. Basically NT
>or 2k suggest swap space to the same size as your available RAM in order to
>be able to do disk dumps in case of system crashes.
>
>Regards
>Anthon Walters
>
>
>
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