[ale] Q: Should Linux swap space depend on number of users?

[johnmills at speakeasy.net (John Mills)]

Jeff -

Thanks for the information.

On 6 Jul 2004, Jeff Hubbs wrote:

> When I worked briefly with a Linux Terminal Server Project rig, I
> noticed that workstations could run different instances of the same app
> and each instance took up just a small increment of memory beyond that
> of the first one.

Sounds like only data space was being duplicated for multiple instances of
the same process, which does seem like the _Right_Thing_(TM) to do.

> On Mon, 2004-07-05 at 21:43, John Mills wrote:

> > Is swap space shared between users? If so, should one allow more swap when
> > expecting to support a number of users compared to only one or two at a
> > time?

 - John Mills
   john.m.mills at alum.mit.edu