SWAP Question?

[Michael S. Mason]

Cool, thank you ALL for your quick replies!

Enjoy the rest of your day...

Regards,
Michael

On Aug 10, 2009, at 3:04 PM, John Klockenkemper wrote:

> Michael,
>
>             Stick to the default swap like Jim recommended. It is  
> always a good idea to have swap, even though you may never use it.  
> Having swap for whenever is good but not having any swap when you  
> need it is BAD.
>
> John Klockenkemper
>
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 4:42 PM, Michael S. Mason  
> <midnitemac at me.com> wrote:
> So, I should choose NO SWAP partition? Or stick with a default swap  
> with a guided partition?
>
> Also, should I choose to use LVM (Logical Volume Management)?
>
> Thanks again!
>
>
> On Aug 10, 2009, at 2:36 PM, Jim Tarvid wrote:
>
>> No. A modest amount of swap may permit the OS to work itself out of  
>> memory contention. A large amount of swap permits the OS to dig  
>> itself into deeper and deeper trouble.
>>
>> The defaults are rarely an issue. On one server of mine:
>>
>> root at galax:/var/lib/mysql/lsnet# free
>>             total       used       free     shared    buffers      
>> cached
>> Mem:       1555548    1222464     333084          0      91036      
>> 726672
>> -/+ buffers/cache:     404756    1150792
>> Swap:      3028212      68304    2959908
>>
>> 300MB would be plenty.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:28 PM, Michael S.  
>> Mason<midnitemac at me.com> wrote:
>> > Hello All,
>> >
>> > My name is Michael,
>> >
>> > I have a new Dell Server that I am about to install Ubuntu 9.04  
>> Server
>> > AMD64 onto. I have 4 GB's of RAM. My question? Is there any need  
>> for a
>> > SWAP partition with 4GB's of RAM?
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> > Michael
>> >
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