[mdlug] And speaking of swap...

[Jeff Hanson]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_memory_compression

On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 12:32 PM Gib <gibmaxn at gmail.com> wrote:

> zram, I've never heard of that.
>
> On Wed, Nov 30, 2022 at 7:32 AM Carl T. Miller <carl at carltm.com> wrote:
>
> > Here is a recent article I was reading on swapping
> > and zram in particular.  In addition to the use of
> > compressed ram, it contains some excellent info
> > about implementing swap space.
> >
> > https://opensource.com/article/22/11/customize-zram-linux
> >
> > I liked this line from the article:
> >
> > The ultimate purpose of swap space is to be a
> > small buffer — a red flag – that lets the system
> > administrator know when more RAM is needed
> > in a system.
> >
> > Cheers!
> >
> > c
> >
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