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  From: Geoffrey D. Bennett <g@netcraft.com.au>
  To  : Mat Farrington <mafarrin@holon.com.au>
  Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 19:32:59 +0930 (CST)

Re: formatting and partitioning

> Geoffrey D. Bennett wrote:
> 
> > BTW, 100MB of swap for Linux is probably overkill...
> 
> ...for most people.  I've seen Design/CPN use more that 300 Meg though. 
> It's an application that appreciates space.
> 
> Do you reckon the 1:2 rule applies for bigger machines?  I've only got
> 128Meg of RAM and 128Meg of swap on The Pro 200 (ie, 1:1), and 256Meg of
> swap does start to sound like overkill!  :-)

"It depends." :).  The 1:2 rule is only a rule of thumb, but if you've
got 128MB of RAM, then it's probably because you're going to be
running some really big stuff and the extra 256MB of swap might just
come in handy.  OTOH, I believe that the 1:2 rule came about from way
back when total memory available was the size of swap, and not
total=physical+swap like it is with Linux.  So perhaps using the same
rule of thumb for Linux, it should be 1:1.

-- 
Geoffrey D. Bennett (geoffrey@netcraft.com.au)
Computer Systems Manager, NetCraft Australia
http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/
Red Hat Linux Resellers: http://www.netcraft.com.au/redhat/