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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). lz4 for all RAM values 8GB or more (faster, not RAM constrained machines). | 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). | ||
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- | Etc. Test your own values. | + | Etc. Test your own values. |