Q: How much swap space should I allocate, and what is the best configuration for good performance? Why don’t and sar agree on the quantity of swap space? — swapless in Shawano A: First, I had ...

How to collect Linux performance statistics and use them to right-size swap files and partitions When your Linux server starts feeling sluggish, you might benefit from looking at your swap space ...

Adding swap space to a hurting Linux server is not only easy, but it works. With a few strokes of your hand, you can add swap space and get the system using it. Run another command and see how ...

Swap space does not inherently slow down your system. In fact, not having swap space doesn't mean you won't swap pages. It merely means that Linux has fewer choices about what RAM can be reused when a ...

so how would one monitor swap usage under linux? I mean if i am not using it, that space would be better served as another partition, /var etc wouldn't it?

As for how much swap space to use, a good rule of thumb suggested in the article is twice the amount of RAM in your system unless that number is greater than 2 GB.

Swap space, the hard drive portion used as temporary memory by Linux systems, is often one of the first stumbling blocks for anyone trying out their f ...

Swap space acts as an overflow for your main system's memory, which is your RAM. Once you approach the maximum capacity of system memory, whichever OS you're using will automatically start to ...