swapiness

[Kevin Fries]

Linux is not Windows.  Linux can, and will run without using swap if it
can.  Linux will remain RAM resident unless it has to.  So, what they are
telling you is this... If you don't need swap, don't define it.

There is one exception to this rule, since you are using a laptop.  There
are two instant on technologies, sleep and hibernate.  One of the will
stash the state to RAM, the other to swap.  I forget which is which.  But
if it needs to go to swap, you will need a swap file equal to RAM if you
use that feature.

Kevin
On Feb 29, 2016 10:32 PM, "Michael" <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> swapiness=..... 0? Remember; I am computer-illiterate!
>
> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 11:47 PM, Todd Millecam <tyggna at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Disable swap.  Never activate it on boot.  If you start reaching oom
>> conditions, turn it back on.
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 9:38 PM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> What do you recommend you reduce swapiness to for machines that have
>>> plenty of memory that will probably never be filled?
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