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How big should the swap-space partition be?
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Answer / mayank
If RAM is equal to or less than 2 GB then SWAP partition
should be double
but it never less then 32 MB (M*2)
If RAM is greater then 2GB then SWAP partition will be plus
2 (M+2)
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Answer / gokul pradeep
To give your swap memory value you should know the memory
in you system.If iam having 1 Gb RAM ,then you have to give
double the size that means
1 GB=1024
1024*2=2048
In swap memory you have fill 2048.
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Answer / sanjay_linux
if Ram is less then 512mb so that .
"swap partition = 2 time of ram".
but ram is more then 1 GB, 2 GB so in this case no
requested.make swap partition.
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Answer / mayank
it depends over your RAM size.
please see answer 2 for more detail find the table for
minimum swap space:
Amount of RAM in the System Recommended Amount of Swap Space
4GB of RAM or less a minimum of 2GB of swap space
4GB to 16GB of RAM a minimum of 4GB of swap space
16GB to 64GB of RAM a minimum of 8GB of swap space
64GB to 256GB of RAM a minimum of 16GB of swap space
256GB to 512GB of RAM a minimum of 32GB of swap space
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Answer / jaswanth.saladi
swap size must be the duoble the size of the system ram...
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Answer / shashi kant kaushik
how small should the swap-space partition be of the RAM?
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