Adding swap space, any limits on too much?

From: d jO'nZ' (DELMEdalejava_at_NOThotmail.com)
Date: 02/25/04

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    I have a DS20 with 1 gig of memory and only 1.5 gig of swap space. The
    system is starting to get bound and run out of memory and swap.

    I want to install a 2nd gig of memory and set up additional swap space. I
    know from talking with HP I should set swap at least 2x the size of memory.

    I want to drop in a hard drive just for swap. It would be much larger than
    2x the memory (I'm thinking of a spare 9 gig drive I have). This would be a
    simple solution versus repartioning existing drives.

    Does anyone know if I can have too much swap space?? I can't think of any
    negative issue. If the system needs more space, it would have plenty. I
    might see performance issues if I really used all 9 gig, but by that level
    of use, I can add more physical memory anyway.

    Thanks - Dale

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