Swap space - max size

[Chuck McManis]

At 08:09 PM 3/2/2004, Jamie wrote:
 >   Is there any point in adding more than 2 Gb of swap space on an x86 if
 > you have 2 Gb of ram?

4GB is the virtual address limit, not the physical address limit (which is 
higher) However if you're swapping a lot on a 2GB system then you're 
biggest problem is that the entire system is being dragged down to the 
bandwidth of disk spindle. Not good.

--Chuck