out of swap space??

[terry linhardt]

In article <306 at raysnec.UUCP+, shwake at raysnec.UUCP (Ray Shwake) writes:
+ +	As a general rule for reasonable performace 2 to 3 times your real
+ +memory ie. 16 to 24Mb swap for 8Mb ram
+ 
+ 	While this may be the optimum in a given case, as a rule of thumb it
+ 	lacks logic. It implies that, when increasing memory one should also
+ 	increase swap, which is nonsense.

I would agree with this
+ 
+ 
+ 	This gets closer to a logical connection. Note your maximum
+ 	anticipated demand. A reasonable fraction of that (say 1/4 - 1/2)
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 And how does one calculate anticipated demand?

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