SWAP Size with 8GB Ram and SSD - Best Performance (Deepin 15.4)?
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jack706
deepin
2017-04-25 08:04
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Dear Community,

I have 8GB physical Ram and Samsung SSD.

How big SWAP should be for best performance? (possibly want to cut movie in future)





i cant speak chinese so pls in english.


Thanks for your answers in advance,

Jack706
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187******12
deepin
2017-04-25 09:03
#1
zero swap size
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A·S·M·X·T 😏😜
deepin
2017-04-25 14:52
#2
本帖最后由 liululin 于 2017-4-25 06:57 编辑

This is a swap partition management program, nice!   
https://bbs.deepin.org/post/133470

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wanywhn
deepin
2017-04-25 15:12
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本帖最后由 wanywhn 于 2017-4-25 07:24 编辑

cut movie? i remember it just need a powerful cpu when i cut.but you can use file-swap(use a normal file as a swap)to archive balance between swap size and ssd size because file-swap can change size convenient.
so make a 16g file swap or other size you like.then test if it enough when you cut movie.if not,just have a biger one.
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187******12
deepin
2017-04-25 16:11
#4
16gb is enough for movie several hour long, probably you don't need that much.
try 0 swap first, swap decrease speed
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winnyweg
deepin
2017-05-02 03:25
#5
https://bbs.deepin.org/post/138415
16gb is enough for movie several hour long, probably you don't need that much.
try 0 swap first, swa ...

I don't use any swap partition with 8Gb RAM.  It works  
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黑色
deepin
2017-05-02 03:34
#6
0..........it kills your SSD
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1***[email protected]
deepin
2017-05-02 05:17
#7
哦~~我不会英语~~
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marsruc
deepin
2017-05-02 05:31
#8
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marsruc
deepin
2017-05-02 05:32
#9
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ghou
deepin
2017-05-02 06:35
#10
I suggest 16 GB (8 G memory + 8 G swap)
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th3blad3runn3r
deepin
2017-05-02 23:46
#11
It's not recommended to set up a swap with ssd drives.
Frequent write operations alters ssd lifetime
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nipos
deepin
2017-05-03 03:56
#12
That's true and swap is not needed with 8gb of ram.
I have 8gb ram too and have about 30 tabs open in opera.
That's no problem,I still have 3.5gb left.
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Feng Yu
deepin
2017-05-03 04:07
#13
If your RAM is enough, you can do without swap.
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levinit
deepin
2017-05-03 05:57
#14
8g is enough for daily use, swap is not essential for common user
if you will run virtual machine / programing ide ,2-4gb is better.

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Swap space will usually be a disk partition but can also be a file. Users may create a swap space during installation of Arch Linux or at any later time should it become necessary. Swap space is generally recommended for users with less than 1 GB of RAM, but becomes more a matter of personal preference on systems with gratuitous amounts of physical RAM (though it is required for suspend-to-disk support).

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Swap#Swap_partition
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