You also may need to allocate disk space for the system to use as swap space. Swap space is disk space allocated to be used as medium-term memory for the operating system kernel. Lack of swap space limits the number and size of applications that may run at once on your system, and can interfere with system performance.
This section provides you with some background information and tips on the tools and options available to you. For specifics on setting and maintaining disk quotas, see the IRIX Admin: Disks and Filesystems Guide.