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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">The quick answer is that a swap
partition is faster than a swap file. Using a file means you have
the overhead of the file system software.<br>
Using a partition means that the kernel can use the swap space
with less overhead.<br>
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If you noticed when you installed, the linux installer only wants
to allocate as much swap space as you have memory. If you intend
to add more memory later, you might want to<br>
make your swap partition as large as the maximum size of memory
you computer will hold. OTOH, I've noticed that I hardly ever use
any swap space at all and I only have 2GB <br>
of memory.<br>
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Watch the memory use in more or less real time in you system
monitor app.<br>
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On 03/15/2015 09:13 PM, Michael Havens wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">I was wondering why Linux uses a swap partition
rather than a swap file. I mean I would think a swap file would
be superior since a files size can fluctuate whereas a partition
is static.<br clear="all">
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<div class="gmail_signature">:-)~MIKE~(-:</div>
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