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swapfile - dynamic or fixed ?

flexy

flexy

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hi...

this is a question where i need some update...since the last time i got some advice about it was when most people still had win95 running.

What is the best (in terms of performance) setting for the Win98X SE (WinXX, XP, whatever) swapfile ?

Should i let Win change/create the swapfile dynamically - or should i set it to about the same size of my ram (128MB, 256MB) to avoid resizing ?
Currently i have it fixed - and of course i defragmented it and it's in front of my partition

thanx !


 
concerning this, IMHO I think it's best to just let windows take care of it, or possibly use a program that specifies the values well like Cachemem


On a side note, how much, if any, of a swapfile should I set for running Linux w/ X Windows on KDE ?
 
I always set mine fixed size, Window's resizing the thing causes unnecessary overhead.

On a side note, how much, if any, of a swapfile should I set for running Linux w/ X Windows on KDE ?

How much memory do you have? It's always a good idea to have a swap partition (or the sum of all of them) atleast the size of your physical memory, some say 1.5x the size. If you have the disk space a couple hundred megs doesn't hurt anyway. But really it's up to you to decide, work a little bit and watch how much it swaps then decide if you need more or not.
 
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