SWAP Question?

[Michael S. Mason]

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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