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<blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>My backend has 2GB and rarely uses any swap. It's also running other processes. So you might be able to get away without swap, I generally put it in anyway though. If a process needs to use it, it generally doesn't just it long. </div>
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</div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>mythtv-users mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a></span><br>
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<div><br></div><div>Good luck </div></body></html>