Re: can swap space be resized ?
From: Davide Bianchi (davideyeahsure_at_onlyforfun.net)
Date: 08/22/03
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Date: 22 Aug 2003 15:41:54 GMT
Aishwarya <aisinghal@sapient.com> wrote:
> i need to increase swap space on one of our UNIX boxes. is it possible
> to do it?
Turn off the swap, create a new swap partition, prepare it, turn
on the swap.
> does it require a restart of the server ?
It shouldn't.
> also, is there a guideline on what the ideal size of swap space should
> be (percentage of total available disk space) ?
It depends on how much memory you have and how heavy the machine
is used. As a guideline, when you start using a lot of swap, it's
time to buy more memory or a bigger machine.
> space partitions (/tmp)
/tmp isn't the swap partition. Usually the swap partition isn't showed
with df.
Davide
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