This page:
http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0103.0/0666.html
indicates 2GB is the limit, and you can set up a maximum of 8 swap
partitions, for a total of 16GB of swap.

Google is your friend.

George


"Simper, Brian D" wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know what the maximum recommended size that swap partitions can
> be?  I was looking in an Oracle install manual and it wanted as much as 2GB
> which seems like extreme overkill for a Linux server.  In addition, I had
> heard that Linux could handle a maximum of 1GB in the swap partition but I
> haven't seen any documentation on this.  Does anyone know conclusively how
> big a swap partition can be under Linux?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brian Simper
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