> -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Matthew S. Hallacy > There has *NEVER* been a formula that involved RAM*(number) = > SWAP. Ever. > That's not true in the slightest degree! Red Hat RHCE training makes a recommendation (typically greater than 256M RAM, but less than or equal to 2xRAM, but not more than 2G), and the Red Hat "bible" (yellow and black book) recommended by TCLUG at Installfests states 2xRAM. I quit checking references at that point, but I'd bet there is common statement of the 2xRAM guideline in nearly all references. Swap space is part of someone's design plan, and that has a size paradigm built-in somewhere.. as well as safety valves when swap is not adequate, etc. Performance will be affected by a gross mismatch of swap to the primary operational usage. Chuck