How large of a swap partition is needed to hibernate?

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Published on 2011-06-23T03:29:55Z Indexed on 2011/06/23 8:29 UTC
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I've read this question, but it doesn't definitively answer my question.

If I want my computer to be able to hibernate, do I need to have a swap partition as large as my RAM, or will Ubuntu wisely be able to hibernate if the swap partition can fit the currently-in-use RAM? I'm about to install Ubuntu on a computer with a lot of RAM, and a relatively small hard drive, so I don't want to use more hard drive space than necessary.

I wanted to avoid giving my actual specifications to keep this question more general, though I'll give them if necessary.

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