RE: Swap space requirements on 10g installs - must it really equal RAM?

  • From: Dougie McGibbon <DMcGibbon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 08:10:26 +1300

I think it's one of those "safe" values.
I ran across this too and our linux box has 7Gb RAM, but just left swap at
around 3Gb and it ran fine.

The statement is probably based around a minimum Oracle config and is set to
ensure Oracle will install in such a config. Of course, trying to get a
definitive answer to "Why" from Oracle may take you some time  :-)

Dougie McGibbon

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