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|    Re: OT: Off-Topic    |
|    16 Jun 12 19:33:32    |
      From: adam@address.invalid              Adam wrote:       > Bit Twister wrote:       >> I would go with disk swap by guessing you would hardly ever get into       >> it with that much ram. Unless you are setting system to be able to       >> suspend/resume operation. If so, you need swap to be size of ram + 1gig.       >       > Makes sense. I can always change things later too. Although it's a       > desktop system, my UPS configuration on my current (old) box is set to       > automatically go into hibernation when there's a longer outage, and       > automatically thaw when AC returns, so for that I would need swap to be       > maximum RAM + 1 GB = 33 GB.              Oops... I was thinking of the old formula of swap being 2 x RAM. Max       RAM on the new system is 16 GB so 16 + 1 = 17 GB.              Adam       --       Registered Linux User #536473              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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