/ and swap sizing

[Daniel Hollocher]

On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Felix Miata <mrmazda at earthlink.net> wrote:

> On 2013-11-06 23:26 (GMT-0600) theuteck at gmail.com composed:
>
>  Swap is used to hibernate systems, so the x2 RAM method is still useful
>> if you
>> plan on using that feature.
>>
>
> In what configurations does hibernation require swap space to be larger
> than 100% of installed RAM?


FWIW, from google'ing, it looks like the amount of swap needed is not
strictly connected to RAM size.  It is more to do with how many programs
you have open.  So if you are consistently using more memory than ram, and
thus swapping, you need a larger than 100% swap space.  Vice versa, if you
have plenty of RAM, you can get away with a comparatively smaller swap
space.

And if you are in the first category, you should get more RAM, no?  ;)
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