Ricky Beam wrote:
Swap should be 2x physical ram. But one can get away
with less.
There was a reasonably long discussion on lkml some time ago regarding
this. The 2xRAM rule of thumb was useful with older machines, but should
not be taken too seriously nowadays; I'd recommend between 256 and 512
MB of swap, no more (except as an emergency solution).
Cheers,
Ivan.