From fb31765cbe33890f325a87015507364156741321 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 19:59:44 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 42.0. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- help/C/mem-swap.page | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 60 insertions(+) create mode 100644 help/C/mem-swap.page (limited to 'help/C/mem-swap.page') 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 @@ + + + + + + + + + + Phil Bull + philbull@gmail.com + 2011 + + + + Michael Hill + mdhillca@gmail.com + 2011, 2014 + + + Swap memory allows your computer to run more applications at the same + time than will fit into the system memory (RAM). + + + What is "swap" memory? + + + Phil Bull +

Explain what swap is and how it helps. Explain that the computer may run + slowly if it's swapping too much.

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Swap memory or swap space is the on-disk component of the virtual + memory system. It is pre-configured as a swap partition or a + swap file when Linux is first installed, but can also be added + later.

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Disk access is very slow compared to memory access. The system + runs more slowly if there is excessive swapping, or thrashing, + when the system is unable to find enough free memory. In this situation the + only solution is to add more RAM.

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To see whether swapping, or paging, has become a performance + issue:

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Click the Resources tab.

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The Memory and Swap History graph shows memory and swap use + as percentages.

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