Memory Swapping Echoed from: https://www.enterprisestorageforum.com/storage-hardware/memory-swapping.html Memory swapping is a computer technology that enables an operating system to provide more memory to a running application or process than is available in physical random access memory (RAM).
Adding More Space to the Swapfile Adding more swap space via the CLI seems like a daunting task considering one would be messing around with hard drive space – big potential to wipe out data. Continue Reading →
Ubuntu: Swapfile Introduction One of the easiest way of increasing the responsiveness of your server and guarding against out of memory errors in your applications is to add some swap space. Swap is an area on a hard drive that has been designated as a place where the operating system can temporarily store data that it can no longer hold in RAM. Continue Reading →