can swap space be resized ?

From: Aishwarya (aisinghal_at_sapient.com)
Date: 08/22/03

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    Date: 22 Aug 2003 03:03:43 -0700

    hi all,

    i need to increase swap space on one of our UNIX boxes. is it possible
    to do it ? if yes, how can i do it ? does it require a restart of the
    server (i would want to avoid that, if possible)?

    also, is there a guideline on what the ideal size of swap space should
    be (percentage of total available disk space) ?

    also, i have made a few strange (i.e. strange to me) observations ..
    when i do a top on my server, it says that there's some xxx M of swap
    space is free which usually is quite low and which indicates that swap
    space utilisation is quite high. however, when i do a df -k, the swap
    space partitions (/tmp) show a 5% utilization. am i reading the data
    wrongly? how do i monitor the actual status of swap space utilization
    at any point in time ?

    Looking forward to any pointers / help.

    Regards
    Aishwarya

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