No, you don't require more than 2GB of swap space.
No, you don't require more than 2GB of swap space.
My Desktop Linux SATA SSD is configured with a 2GB swap partition. I installed it around mid-2013 because I have 16GB of RAM. Lately I've been thinking about whether I should add more space. The heaviest tasks I run on my rig are gaming, sometimes I use GIMP, occasionally Blender, and rarely anything else.
Swapping is necessary when memory runs low. If your system doesn’t hit RAM limits, you won’t need it. A 2GB allocation usually suffices.
I no longer use swap partitions. I began setting up temporary partitions in RAM for items I don’t need to retain between reboots. This approach works on systems with both 16 and 32 GB of RAM.