What is the recommended swap size for Red Hat platforms?
Issue
- If I add several hundred gigabytes of RAM to a system, do I really need several hundred gigabytes of swap space?
- What are the recommended swap size settings for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8?
- What are the recommended swap size settings for Red Hat OpenStack Platform?
- How much swap should I assign to a virtual guest, is the recommendation different from a normal system?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat OpenStack Platform (all versions)
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