On 14/12/17 21:44, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Some people say "2 times RAM", but that comes, IMO, from the Windows times when that was the maximum. Others disagree.
?Anton gave you the linux swap algorithm, which clearly requires twice ram ... I gave you a concrete example of a bunch of linux kernels which would crash if they didn't have twice ram ... And you still think it's a Windows thing that has nothing to do with linux!!! ??? Please read the following link: http://lwn.net/2001/0607/kernel.php3 Especially, right near the bottom, "About that swapping problem". (At that point, there was a major rewrite of the swap system, so things may (probably have) changed since then, but "twice ram" is very much a unix/linux thing! afaik it's *never* been a windows thing, because amongst other things windows doesn't swap.) Oh - and in response to the OP's request of how much he needs, the reality is that only he can work that out ... he certainly needs SPARE swap to be greater or equal to ram if he wants to be able to suspend to disk ... however much swap he is actually using will figure in the equation ... Cheers, Wol -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org