| Doug Stewart on 8 Jan 2011 06:10:07 -0800 |
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| Re: [PLUG] Linux n00b question |
On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 6:07 AM, Art Alexion <art.alexion@gmail.com> wrote: > On my netbook with one 8, and one 32 GB drive, I put Ubuntu / on the 8 GB drive and /home on the 32. I haven't encountered any problems with the 8 filling up. With a TB, you could probably go with 20 for /. I use 2X physical ram as a rule of thumb for /swap. > The 2x memory anachronism ought to die. It's archaic and no longer true and in today's larger memory systems, it's a waste of space. (See, e.g., http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-swap-space.html) Rule of thumb: for < 2 GB RAM, swap = RAM size. 4 - 16 GB RAM, swap = 4 GB. 16 - 64 GB RAM, swap = 8 GB. 64 - 256 GB RAM, swap = 16 GB. -- -Doug @zamoose http://literalbarrage.org/blog/ ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug