I need more speed! Maybe more swap file?…
This post is written for those who may consider themselves moderately experienced, and are interested in advanced configurations and modifications. I am intentionally not going to explain the information in this post to novice and normal users…because the truth is I am not qualified to (but don’t let Andy know). A MUCH more knowledgeable person of Unix/Linux should. But, I do want to gloat a little. (OK…that part you can tell Andy about.)
After having a browser application crash, and seeing a message informing me that…though 8 GB of RAM is installed, and a quad-core processor is in use…I didn’t have enough memory. To be fair: I use multiple browsers…multiple windows…multiple tabs…multiple applications…
My first thought was I need to get a computer that supports 16 GB RAM. And I believe I need to because I always seem to try to do more than I should with one computer, and they don’t seem to perform fast enough for my expectations and desires. I like to use three computers at the same time.
I stumbled across some information about “swappiness”. And modified mine to 10. Well…that was fine…for a while. After watching my hard drive churn more than I was willing to tolerate, I changed it to 40…for now. More reading…
I noticed the swap partition which was created during the installation of Ubuntu is 8 GB. I decided to (TRY TO) create a swap file. A 24 GB swap file. I was successful! Not on the first attempt. Or the second. Maybe it was the third.
I plan to update my status if anything occurs I think might be of interest. Whether here, on TechtalkRadio, and/or social networking services (SNS).
But wait! There’s more: guess who got cocky?
I noticed some information about a swap file for the Chrome OS. My Chromebooks have 4 GB RAM, quad-core processors…and, because I tend to have greater expectations than I probably should…I have experienced some “sluggishness”. You know me: multiple windows, and tabs. And I began to wonder…
I read about creating a swap partition. And in this case, decided to adhere to recommended limitations: a 2 GB portion (of a 32 GB SSD).
Ctrl + Alt + T
swap enable 2000
Again…I’ll try to remember to let you all know if anything bursts into flames…