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how much amount of disk space is needed for a swap partition in general

  1. 4 times to RAM

  2. 3 Times to RAM

  3. 2 times to RAM

  4. RAM size
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Explanation

A traditional rule of thumb for configuring virtual memory in Linux and UNIX-like systems is to allocate swap space equal to two times the size of physical RAM. While modern systems with high RAM may require less, '2 times RAM' remains the general historical standard.

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