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Oh, look! Another riveting discussion on why swap space is 2x #RAM. Spoiler: computers were slow in the 80s, and IT folks have trust issues. 🖥️💾 #CuttingEdgeTechFromThePast
https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/32492/origin-of-the-rule-that-swap-size-should-be-2x-of-the-physical-memory #CuttingEdgeTech #ITHistory #SwapSpace #TrustIssues #HackerNews #ngated
Origin of the rule that swap size should be 2x of the physical memory

I can trace this recommendation that swap should be twice the size of the physical memory as far back as 1989, see SunOS 4 installation manual, page 37, but I wonder if there was ever any technical

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