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How much swap? (lemmy.ca)
submitted 1 year ago by sam@lemmy.ca to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

I've heard a lot of people say your swap should be 2x RAM.. but do I really need 32GB of swap?

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[-] snailtrail@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

If it's a laptop and you want to be able to hibernate, swap must be large enough to hold system memory, plus a little extra just in case. Other than that, everything depends on the workload. Generally, no. Maybe a few gb in most cases.

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