[arch-general] Install wiki - recommendations regarding 'swap' ?

[rafael ff1]

2012/8/5 gt <static.vortex at gmx.com>:
> On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 08:46:05PM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
>> All,
>>
>>   After installing without AIF, I want to update the install wiki to drop a note
>> about swap. It isn't addressed at all. What is the current Arch recommendation
>> regarding swap creation? I.E.: recommended for systems w/less that 1G of RAM,
>> create swap file of what size? (256M?) Even if swap is not recommended, I at
>> least want to drop that note in the basic install. Thanks.
>
> As others on this thread have elaborated, it comes down to the
> individual's need. I don't think any distro can dictate about the need
> of a swap or not.

I almost don't use swap as my RAM can handle my needs. But, just in
case, I set swap partition to 1,5x my RAM capacity.