====== Ubuntu - Swap - Recommended Swap Space ======

Historically, swap space was set to twice the amount of memory.

  * However that was against systems with very little memory.
  * The systems today have a lot more memory, so new rules apply as to the amount of recommended swap to have.

^Amount of RAM in the system^Recommended swap space^Recommended swap space if allowing for hibernating^
|2GB of RAM or less|2 times the amount of RAM|3 times the amount of RAM|
|2GB to 8GB of RAM|Equal to the amount of RAM|2 times the amount of RAM|
|8GB to 64GB of RAM|0.5 times the amount of RAM|1.5 times the amount of RAM|
|64GB of RAM or more|4GB of swap space|No extra space needed|