Because running out of memory is a bad thing?

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Post #232,981 by Yendor 11/8/05 11:36:22 AM Reply	Because running out of memory is a bad thing? -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #232,982 by admin 11/8/05 11:41:14 AM Reply	Mmmmm-kay? Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #233,057 by ben_tilly 11/8/05 5:12:09 PM Reply	If it is runaway, you're going to run out anyways Having swap just means that you thrash for a good while first. Which adds lots of annoyance to your real problem. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)
Post #233,058 by Yendor 11/8/05 5:14:29 PM Reply	True, but... ...on my development box, I discovered the hard way that not having any swap was leading to significant slow-downs during my work day...Especially once I added VMWare into the mix (almost 300MB for that sucker right there.) So I added a swap file (not a partition, since I built this system long ago.) Things are still slow when I run out of RAM (1GB currently, with plans to upgrade to 2GB), but not nearly as bad as they used to be. Swap space has allowed me to not have to spend money immediately on RAM for the price of a single 2GB file on my / partition. -YendorMike "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 Historical Review of Pennsylvania
Post #233,064 by ben_tilly 11/8/05 5:54:28 PM Reply	It was not a universal recommendation I said For many people's needs for a reason. If buying enough RAM isn't in your budget, then swap certainly is useful. Cheers, Ben I have come to believe that idealism without discipline is a quick road to disaster, while discipline without idealism is pointless. -- Aaron Ward (my brother)

Recommended partition sizes? - (cwbrenn) - (11) - Nov. 8, 2005, 09:24:00 AM EST

Re: Recommended partition sizes? - (pwhysall) - (7) - Nov. 8, 2005, 10:37:41 AM EST

Why have swap at all? - (ben_tilly) - (5) - Nov. 8, 2005, 11:25:22 AM EST

Because running out of memory is a bad thing? -NT - (Yendor) - (4) - Nov. 8, 2005, 11:36:22 AM EST

Mmmmm-kay? -NT - (admin) - Nov. 8, 2005, 11:41:14 AM EST

If it is runaway, you're going to run out anyways - (ben_tilly) - (2) - Nov. 8, 2005, 05:12:09 PM EST

True, but... - (Yendor) - (1) - Nov. 8, 2005, 05:14:29 PM EST

It was not a universal recommendation - (ben_tilly) - Nov. 8, 2005, 05:54:28 PM EST

4GB may not be enough - (JayMehaffey) - Nov. 8, 2005, 04:24:11 PM EST

I have a few things I always do... - (folkert) - (2) - Nov. 8, 2005, 10:01:09 PM EST

Thanks, Greg! - (jb4) - Nov. 8, 2005, 04:35:50 PM EST

Ditto on Greg's - (broomberg) - Nov. 8, 2005, 07:26:32 PM EST

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