Maximum Swapsize

[Pete Slagle]

Daniel O'Connor wrote:

> The old "swap size = 2x RAM" rule is no longer applicable unless you have a 
> very special application.

This "rule" always seemed counterintuitive to me anyway.

When you have very limited physical RAM you need a lot of swap space. 
When you have more than enough RAM you don't need any swap space at all. 
For a given set of applications, as RAM increases you need less swap 
space, not more. And vice versa.