Re: [wlug] performance difference between a swap partition vs a swap file >>>>>

On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Andreas Löf <andreas(a)alternating.net> wrote:

Hi,

According to http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-swap-space.html 0.5 times your ram size might be a good idea for a database server.

Bear in mind that if you use suspend to disk your swap needs to be at least the same size as your RAM.

Hope my reply and the link help you a bit.

Kind regards,

Andreas

On 3/12/2009, at 8:33 PM, Narender wrote:

Thanks, it has cleared max doubts now. --N