[ale] Kernel 2.6 : worst-case scenarios if swap full

[Jim Kinney]

On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Ed L. Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net> wrote:

> 2008/6/28 Jim Kinney <jim.kinney at gmail.com>:
> ...
> > It's pretty easy to add more swap space. Anthing over 2G is pretty
> useless
> > though.
>
> I think there was a time when the kernel could not use more
> than 2 GB from a swap partition, but unless there has been
> a regression, I would expect today's kernels to use large swap
> areas without trouble.


It is not a problem for the kernel to TB's of swap. It simply becomes
useless due to access speeds after about 2GB.

>
>
> If there's a limit, though, I'd like to know about it.  So any
> references where I could read about it would be appreciated.
>
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>  Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net>
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