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A low-powered CPU can make some tasks slower, while a small disk drive means you’ll have space for fewer files. But a machine with low memory can be catastrophic: applications hanging or getting ...

The Linux kernel uses a system of active and inactive memory to manage a server's memory resources. If your Linux server is operating with a heavy load of these resources, there are a couple of ...

Cache and swap space are powerful tools when doing Linux performance tuning. Many think swap space isn’t useful and therefore configure a minimal amount. But if you want optimal performance on your ...

I have a small quick drive that I'd like to have as my linux swap space, however I also use it for my paging file in win2k and as my photoshop scratch disk under win2k. As I see it, if I format it in ...

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 ...

Linux is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, there’s so much you can configure. On the other hand, there’s so much you can configure. It is sometimes hard to know just what you should do to get the ...

If you’re finding your Linux system performance not quite up to par, enable zRAM for a more efficient swap system. If you’ve dealt with Linux long enough, you are fully aware of swap. If you’re ...