Re: can swap space be resized ?

From: Dharmu (dharmu_at_linuxmail.org)
Date: 08/26/03

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    Date: 26 Aug 2003 00:06:17 -0700

    Davide Bianchi <davideyeahsure@onlyforfun.net> wrote in message news:<bi5dk2$5d8hh$4@ID-18487.news.uni-berlin.de>...
    > 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.

    Yes. df shows the disk usage of the mounted partitions.

    You can use free to check the memory usage.

    >
    > Davide

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