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    • black3dynamiteB
      black3dynamite @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller said in Simple Linux Swap File Creation:

      A simple process for making a swapfile to add swap space to a Linux instance.

      sudo fallocate -l 2G /swapfile
      sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
      sudo mkswap /swapfile
      sudo swapon /swapfile
      sudo echo "/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0">>/etc/fstab
      

      Or to copypasta as a single line:

      fallocate -l 2G /swapfile && chmod 600 /swapfile && mkswap /swapfile && swapon /swapfile  && echo "/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0">>/etc/fstab
      

      sudo swapon /swapfile wasn't working for me. In /var/log/messages, I was getting these messages.
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      This works for me:

      sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile count=2048 bs=1MiB
      sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
      sudo mkswap /swapfile
      sudo swapon /swapfile
      sudo echo "/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0">>/etc/fstab
      
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      • jmooreJ
        jmoore @scottalanmiller
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        @scottalanmiller I think I did something similar a few months back to increase performance. Not sure it did much but I guess it hasn't hurt

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @jmoore
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          @jmoore said in Simple Linux Swap File Creation:

          @scottalanmiller I think I did something similar a few months back to increase performance. Not sure it did much but I guess it hasn't hurt

          It reduces performance, but increases capacity.

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          • dafyreD
            dafyre @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said in Simple Linux Swap File Creation:

            @jmoore said in Simple Linux Swap File Creation:

            @scottalanmiller I think I did something similar a few months back to increase performance. Not sure it did much but I guess it hasn't hurt

            It reduces performance, but increases capacity.

            Does using a swapfile vs a swap partition reduce performance to the point it is significantly noticeable?

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @dafyre
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              @dafyre said in Simple Linux Swap File Creation:

              @scottalanmiller said in Simple Linux Swap File Creation:

              @jmoore said in Simple Linux Swap File Creation:

              @scottalanmiller I think I did something similar a few months back to increase performance. Not sure it did much but I guess it hasn't hurt

              It reduces performance, but increases capacity.

              Does using a swapfile vs a swap partition reduce performance to the point it is significantly noticeable?

              No, that's why it's done now. Swap should be used SO little, and flexibility trumps the tiny performance increase.

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              • jmooreJ
                jmoore @scottalanmiller
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                @scottalanmiller Well that explains it lol. It was a long time ago now so don't remember what my logic was, or if there was any at all

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                • JaredBuschJ
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                  Just manually installed CentOS 8 for the first time on my local system to test something, and they still use a swap partition by default.

                  Warns you if you delete it.

                  d695d123-0afc-48a5-9a19-cdb145a7de05-image.png

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                  • black3dynamiteB
                    black3dynamite @JaredBusch
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                    @JaredBusch said in Simple Linux Swap File Creation:

                    Just manually installed CentOS 8 for the first time on my local system to test something, and they still use a swap partition by default.

                    Warns you if you delete it.

                    d695d123-0afc-48a5-9a19-cdb145a7de05-image.png

                    I automatically ignore Fedora and CentOS warning about that.

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                    • black3dynamiteB
                      black3dynamite @black3dynamite
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                      @black3dynamite said in Simple Linux Swap File Creation:

                      @JaredBusch said in Simple Linux Swap File Creation:

                      Just manually installed CentOS 8 for the first time on my local system to test something, and they still use a swap partition by default.

                      Warns you if you delete it.

                      d695d123-0afc-48a5-9a19-cdb145a7de05-image.png

                      I ignore Fedora and CentOS warning about that.

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                      • JaredBuschJ
                        JaredBusch @black3dynamite
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                        @black3dynamite said in Simple Linux Swap File Creation:

                        I automatically ignore Fedora and CentOS warning about that.

                        I ignored it also. just pointing out the default behavior.

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