What is the use of swap memory? and why it is recommended to have 3 times of ram size?
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25 Aug 2016 12:29 pm SAPTechies Jobs Best Answer
Swap space is used when the amount of physical memory (RAM) is full. If the system needs more memory resources and the RAM is full, inactive pages in memory are moved to the swap space. While swap space can help machines with a small amount of RAM, it should not be considered a replacement for more RAM. Swap space is located on hard drives, which have a slower access time than physical memory.
SAP recommend for swap 3 times of RAM.
23 Mar 2012 6:44 am Abdul Mubeen
Hi Shailesh,
What the action we need to take if swap increases and Is there any threshold value of swap? with in which we need to take action.
Swap space is used when the amount of physical memory (RAM) is full. If the system needs more memory resources and the RAM is full, inactive pages in memory are moved to the swap space. While swap space can help machines with a small amount of RAM, it should not be considered a replacement for more RAM. Swap space is located on hard drives, which have a slower access time than physical memory.
SAP recommend for swap 3 times of RAM.