Quoting Nate Carlson (natecars at real-time.com):
> Hmm.. isn't the rule of thumb to have double the swap than you have
> memory?
> 
> IIRC, there are some good reasons for this, that I'm sure Carl can detail
> when he gets back from vacation.
> 
> Oh, and if you work here, 512mb isn't enough. You run out quick.  :)

And doubling swap allows you double your RAM without having to repartition. 


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