Re: [squid-users] Swap size

On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 10:38 +0300, wlagmay@yanbulink.net wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> This is out off the topic question

yes.

> but I just want to try my luck. Just onr
> question, If Im going to create a Squid proxy with 8 to 12 Gig of physical
> memory,

WOW!! How much traffic does your users generate in 1 week?? :-)

> how much swap space dom I need to create (with Fedora 4 64-bit)

This is a general *nix question. It's depends on the usage of the box.
(how heavily used) and how much it will push the memory. SWAP is needed
only when RAM isn't enough.

I've got 1.5GB in my laptop, I have 2.5GB swap, never touched. (It's
just _that_ big to support software suspend.)

>
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Wennie
>

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