Swap space with 12G memory

[Patricio Bruna V]

> > What is the swap space recommended for
> > RH Enterprise 3 for 12G of memory. Currently we are using 4G.
> > 
> > The app is an LSAP system > 6G of data,
> > 
> > JYard
> > UCLA

> The Rule of Thumb is normaly 1.5 - 2 times the physical amount of ram.
that its was they tall you
> So in your case 18 - 24g of swap. 
Thats its very stupid.
why waste so much disk in something not worthy?
I always says if you have a lot of RAM because you need it (Big DB) and
you start to use to much swap (>512) better buy more RAM.
> I would check to see if your app requires that much ram.
as far as i know, there is not such thing like "much ram".

saludos.
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Patricio Bruna
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