No the estimates by the installer get a bit mad with a large amount of memory On 25/03/2010, Bill Zakrzewski <bill@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I am installing Oracle 10.2.0.4.0 on a linux server running RH 5.x with 18gb > of memory. According to the Oracle install guide it recommends a swap space > equal to total memory or 18gb. Does it really require swap space of 18gb? > If I allocate less space for swap (say 8gb), will that have any adverse > effects? > > Thanks in advance, > Bill-- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > -- Howard A. Latham -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l