In my examples nothing is taking away from nothing, I'm just asking if, if two situations have the same total amount of GB, what's the actual difference between RAM+swap vs entirely RAM.
Use the 32+32 numbers if you're more comfortable with those round numbers.
If I have a system running comfortably with 32GB RAM + 32GB swap (no OOM, no swap thrashing), and I upgrade to 64GB RAM + 0 swap, what actual negative effects would I be getting for the lack of swap?
That's my question, to know if swap has any benefits other than being additional slow RAM.
Use the 32+32 numbers if you're more comfortable with those round numbers.
If I have a system running comfortably with 32GB RAM + 32GB swap (no OOM, no swap thrashing), and I upgrade to 64GB RAM + 0 swap, what actual negative effects would I be getting for the lack of swap?
That's my question, to know if swap has any benefits other than being additional slow RAM.