No SWAP Memory in Hi Load File Server. Is it a Problem??

One of my Celeran 2.4 Ghz server is having 512 MB RAM and don't have SWAP memory. It is used for fiile sharing purpose [ some 20 members downloads files of 100 MB at a time ]. More then 18 hours down time with in a month . Server is going OFFLINE now and then.


One of my Burst Server [ 256 MB Ram , 1 GB Swap ] handles the same load without any trouble. So I suspect lack of SWAP memory creating troubles to server stability. Please tell me

1. Lack of SWAP memory is it a problem or not?

2. The server is having already some 5 GB Data in it. It I ask for new partitioning with 2 GB Swap is there a chance of data loss??

 

 

 

 

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