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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 17:59:44 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-07 17:59:44 +0000 |
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diff --git a/help/C/mem-swap.page b/help/C/mem-swap.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2176c08 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/mem-swap.page @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + type="topic" style="task" + id="mem-swap"> + + <info> + <revision pkgversion="3.11" date="2014-01-28" status="final"/> + <link type="guide" xref="index#memory" group="memory" /> + + <include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/> + + <credit type="author copyright"> + <name>Phil Bull</name> + <email>philbull@gmail.com</email> + <years>2011</years> + </credit> + + <credit type="author copyright"> + <name>Michael Hill</name> + <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email> + <years>2011, 2014</years> + </credit> + + <desc>Swap memory allows your computer to run more applications at the same + time than will fit into the system memory (RAM).</desc> + </info> + + <title>What is "swap" memory?</title> + + <comment> + <cite date="2011-06-18" href="mailto:philbull@gmail.com">Phil Bull</cite> + <p>Explain what swap is and how it helps. Explain that the computer may run + slowly if it's swapping too much.</p> + </comment> + + <p>Swap memory or <em>swap space</em> is the on-disk component of the virtual + memory system. It is pre-configured as a <em>swap partition</em> or a + <em>swap file</em> when Linux is first installed, but can also be added + later.</p> + + <note> + <p>Disk access is <em>very</em> slow compared to memory access. The system + runs more slowly if there is excessive swapping, or <em>thrashing</em>, + when the system is unable to find enough free memory. In this situation the + only solution is to add more RAM.</p> + </note> + + <p>To see whether swapping, or <em>paging</em>, has become a performance + issue:</p> + + <steps> + <item> + <p>Click the <gui>Resources</gui> tab.</p> + </item> + <item> + <p>The <gui>Memory and Swap History</gui> graph shows memory and swap use + as percentages.</p> + </item> + </steps> + +</page> |