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| Ubuntu and Debian are fairly similar - zramswap lets you get more ram use/tricks system into thinking there is more by compressing parts of your RAM. | Ubuntu and Debian are fairly similar - zramswap lets you get more ram use/tricks system into thinking there is more by compressing parts of your RAM. | ||
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| + | === Actual Setup === | ||
| Either way, lets setup zramswap. | Either way, lets setup zramswap. | ||
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| Some suggested values: | Some suggested values: | ||
| - | 1,2 or 4GB systems : zramswap the same size as RAM but zstd compression and a swapfile the same size as zramswap value eg: | + | 1GB,2GB or 4GB systems : zramswap the same size as RAM but zstd compression and a swapfile the same size as zramswap value eg: |
| - | 4GB RAM example - zramswap set to 4GB also and Swap partition of 4GB also. Thus you see 4GB RAM in htop and 8GB swap (4gb being zramswap). | + | 4GB RAM example - zramswap set to 4GB also and Swap partition of 4GB also. Thus you see 4GB RAM in htop and 8GB swap (4gb being zramswap). |
| - | 8GB, 16GB systems : zramswap half the size of RAM, swapfile half the size of RAM (equal to zramswap value). | + | 8GB, 16GB systems : zramswap half the size of RAM, swapfile half the size of RAM (equal to zramswap value). lz4 for all RAM values 8GB or more (faster, not RAM constrained machines). |
| 32GB RAM and beyond : zramswap 25% of RAM, swapfile same value. | 32GB RAM and beyond : zramswap 25% of RAM, swapfile same value. | ||
| Reason for 32GB and more systems using this is that zramswap tends to be less speedy than just using RAM alone so if you already have a ton of RAM its benefit starts to tail off as you have more and more available RAM. In some cases you might find a use case for it but mostly when you start getting to the stage where you have ample RAM, its benefit is of lower value so you may as well not set large values anymore, or use it at all. | Reason for 32GB and more systems using this is that zramswap tends to be less speedy than just using RAM alone so if you already have a ton of RAM its benefit starts to tail off as you have more and more available RAM. In some cases you might find a use case for it but mostly when you start getting to the stage where you have ample RAM, its benefit is of lower value so you may as well not set large values anymore, or use it at all. | ||
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| + | Some exceptions might be a 64GB system with a large database and increasing RAM could be too costly so you are forced to increase RAM some other way. This situation it might be best to use zstd and a 75% value of ram for zramswap. This could be a balance until you can afford to pay for more RAM or upgrade your VPS. | ||
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| + | Note if you are running any sort of database do not go beyond 85% of your ram under any circumstances and regardless of how much or little ram you have. Dont do it. | ||
| - | Etc. Test your own values. | + | Etc. Test your own values. |
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