[PLUG] Hibernation Question

[Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org>]

I just found out that it costs me about $18 per month to keep my main desktop 
computer running.  (155 watts @ $.17 per KWh).

I'm therefore examining some power saving features.

I'm looking at hibernation (suspend to disk), but am confused by one thing:  
How big a swap partition do I need?


I have 8 GBytes of RAM in my fairly new desktop computer, but I only have a 2 
GByte swap partition.  (Who needs a big swap partition with that much RAM?)

I'm assuming that I need at least 8 GBytes of swap space to hold all my RAM 
when hibernating.

Any use hibernation for a desktop?  Any suggestions?
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Casey Bralla
Chief Nerd in Residence
The NerdWorld Organisation

http://www.NerdWorld.org
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