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I've added more ram, do I need to increase swap?

Kernel Tuning

I've added more ram, do I need to increase swap?

by  pcunix  Posted    (Edited  )
From http://pcunix.com/SCOFAQ/scotec2.html#moreswap :

Not necessarily. There is a detailed discussion of this at http://pcunix.com/Boot/swap.html, but the main points are:

If you have enough RAM, you don't need ANY swap.

However, if you are concerned with saving panic dump information, you WILL need sufficient dump space.

You can add swap space without resizing divisions by using the "swap" command to swap to a file; see "man swap" and :

How much swap space do I need?
http://pcunix.com/SCOFAQ/scotec6.html#swap_needed

Can I add more swap space?
http://pcunix.com/SCOFAQ/scotec6.html#swap_add
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