Okay, here's the deal.<BR><BR>It's time to reformat, repartition, and reinstall both Windows and Linux on this computer, and I'd like to know if a swap partition for Windows (I have one for Linux) ...

What's the safest way to disable the Linux swap-partition under Centos 4 (Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 clone)?<BR><BR>I know about the 'swapon' and 'swapoff' admin commands, and these work fine after I ...

When your Linux server starts feeling sluggish, you might benefit from looking at your swap space and gauging whether it’s adequately sized for your system’s workload. Fortunately, Linux has some ...

When it comes to system administration, one of the earliest decisions to be made is how to configure swap space. Many readers already are thinking they know what to do: throw in as much RAM as you can ...

In the comments on my recent posts about installing Linux on a netbook for a novice user (see my recommendations and my own results), someone mentioned that figuring out the disk partitioning was very ...

As most OS X users are probably aware "virtual memory" (or paging, in OS X's case) is always "on," as is the case with any modern operating system. It is an integral part of the kernel's functionality ...

Q: How much swap space should I allocate, and what is the best configuration for good performance? Why don’t and sar agree on the quantity of swap space? — swapless in Shawano A: First, I had better ...

Swap space can play an important role in system performance. Learn how to determine how much swap space your system has available and how much it's being used. Most of us don’t often think about swap ...