What is a swap file in Linux 2024?
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Swap is space on a disk that is reserved to be used as virtual memory. When a Linux server runs out of memory, the kernel can move inactive processes into swap to make room for active processes in the working memory. ... The steps below discuss the creation of a swap file on Linux and modifying the system swappiness value.
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Swap is space on a disk that is reserved to be used as virtual memory. When a Linux server runs out of memory, the kernel can move inactive processes into swap to make room for active processes in the working memory. ... The steps below discuss the creation of a swap file on Linux and modifying the system swappiness value.