Question about the swap file...???

[Luis Paulo]

On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 1:46 PM, Larry <larryesu at charter.net> wrote:
> *I've been watching my pc's CPU at times in is lower than at other time,
> I am guessing when it is performing  a task, it inscreases say from 16.5
> too 48, then drops back to a lower rate...But the Swap file shows  0%,
> all of the time, would this speed up things if the swap file would take
> the load away from the CPU at times...???
>
> If this is true, can someone suggest to me on how to get the swap to be
> used when it is needed...???
>
> Thanks for any help on this issue...
>
> Larry
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Just to add that, AFAIK, a swap file at least the size of your RAM is
needed if you want to use hibernate.
Am I right?