Subject:   -11- How much swap space should I have per megabyte of
                memory?
Date: 20 Feb 1994 00:00:01 EST

  An oft-recommended ratio is X memory:2.5 X swap, but this may be too
  slow. Decide how much of your favorite program (plus IRIX) needs to
  be resident for good performance and how much doesn't, and make sure
  you have enough memory for the former and enough memory plus swap for
  the latter. Put "rmem" and "swp" in your ~/.grosview file, run
  'gr_osview' and run your favorite program to see what it needs.