[NTLUG:Discuss] installing redhat 6.2

[Steve Baker]

David wrote:

> There is also a good reason not to use swap space:  security.

There is another reason.  Suppose you have a program run amok and 
start allocating memory like crazy.  If you have lots of swap space,
it'll eat all of physical memory and then cause the system to start
swapping - that grinds the machine to a virtual standstill - which
can make it difficult to kill the errant process.  If you have no
swap, the program will soon fail to allocate memory and will crash.

Stuff a gig of RAM in your machine - if you need more than that
then something's broken and it might as well die sooner rather
than later.

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