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vk6flab@lemmy.radio 5 weeks ago
If you genuinely attempting to quantify this, you can create a swap file of any size right there on your drive. You could iterate and test every setting for every scenario. You could even change settings dynamically if you wanted to.
That said, I leave it to the kernel to figure out and over the past 25 or so years that’s been fine.
irmadlad@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Well, two independent sources with 25+/- years of experience say leave it alone. It sounds to me like I should leave it alone.
vk6flab@lemmy.radio 5 weeks ago
About that.
Just because I’ve done it this way and haven’t had issues, doesn’t mean it’s the best or only way.
You dared to ask a question and the tools to explore answers are readily available.
This is how we as a society make progress.
Please don’t feel like my experience is the final answer to your question … my experience tells me that this is rarely … if ever … the case.
So … please … explore!
irmadlad@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Right, however, before I go ‘test’ and screw things up, why not dare to consult with more knowledgeable sources? Maybe I have not taken into account other things that could be negatively affected by said testing? I mean, if you came to me and said ‘Hey bro, I’m thinking about learning how to play the guitar (something I’ve been doing for 65 years). What guidance could you offer a guy just starting out? What about equipment, type strings, etc’? Sure, you could easily go out and buy a cheap, sub $100 guitar only to have it wear your wrists and fingers out and then quit because it’s too painful to practice. Or, you could ask the guy who has been playing the guitar and other stringed instruments for virtually all his life, what guidance he could give. 😀
I appreciate your input greatly, and as I said, 25 years of experience does speak for itself.
Thank you