[geeks] number of memory slots in an Ultra 2?

[Michael S. Schiller]

Well, the old rule of thumb for any Unix system used to be that the swap
partition should be at least 2x the size of physical memory. This was back
when a machine with 16mb was considered a good machine, so it might be
different now. Generally when I setup Solaris 8 I make the swap partition
256mb and everything seems to work ok. My U5 has 512mb of memory, but only
128mb of swap, and it runs out all the time :(

-Mike

Joshua D Boyd wrote:

> On Tue, Oct 30, 2001 at 05:12:36PM -0500, Keith Campbell wrote:
> > I guess I'm spoiled, I've got an Ultra 2 dual 400mhz with 2gig memory
> > plus 2gig swap.  But then again I do a little bit more with it.  (I
> > design printed circuit boards.)
>
> Don't Suns need more swap than they have memory?  I read somewhere that
> the VM needs to have room for the whole ram, plus however much swap space
> you want on the swap partition.  Seems that Linux 2.4.x, x<10 was the same
> way.
>
> --
> Joshua D. Boyd
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