28 Aug
2003
28 Aug
'03
17:10
On Thursday 28 August 2003 14:18, Rohit wrote:
Dear all,
I have 128 MB RAM and 128 MB swap right now. What if I double my RAM and disable swap altogether? What can go wrong for the same setup?
Rohit
An interesting question. If you run out of RAM your system will get a bit upset and bad things happen, as already described. But I'd guess this is also true if you run out of RAM + swap (I've not managed to do it yet). I guess the point is that while RAM is cheap, disk space is cheaper. Do you really need that extra 128MB of disk space? It's probably worth having the peace of mind that memory is no issue, and keep it. If your disk has filled up, 128MB won't last too long anyway - buy another. Arthur