[aklug] Re: swapping (was Re: What should I consider before doing an install? )

I keep a quantum bigfoot TX hard drive around that I use specifically
for swap.

On 07/05/2011 10:51 AM, Thomison, Lee wrote:
> My first reaction is that if your machine is doing much swapping at all the=
> n you need more ram. RAM is cheap. Swap memory -really- slows things down=
> (swap thrashing), and ideally is only used for 'medium term parking', rath=
> er than active use. Even with 15K SAS, you still get a serious performance=
> hit when swap starts being used for active use.
>
> Early on, back in the dark ages (1999 or so?) we tried to play some games/s=
> ave some money using swap, and decided that RAM was cheap.
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