Subject: Re: Any HD size limitations on boot disk?
To: Stanislaw Grygiel <stach@ee.pdx.edu>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-pmax
Date: 01/10/2000 19:00:44
Thanks for the feedback - Have updated the 'rules' at the end
to:
The 'correct' value for swap is dependent on the usage of the
system, but for some general rules:
<ul>
<li>A good base size is the larger of RAM or 32MB, plus the total size
of any mfs(8) filesystems.
<li>If you intend to run X(1), add the larger of 1/2 of RAM or 16MB.
<li>Always try to split swap across as many disks as possible to
increase the available swap bandwidth.
<li>Guess high, rather than low - running out of swap can cause the
system to have to kill running processes.
</ul>
David/absolute