Difference between revisions of "Swap/ru"

Using a swap partition has one major disadvantage:  Changing the size of swap or adding swap requires repartitioning the disk.  In current Linux kernels, it is possible to use a swap file instead of a dedicated partition and as from kernel 2.6 onwards there is no performance difference any more between the two.

Using a swap partition has one major disadvantage:  Changing the size of swap or adding swap requires repartitioning the disk.  In current Linux kernels, it is possible to use a swap file instead of a dedicated partition and as from kernel 2.6 onwards there is no performance difference any more between the two.

{{tip|There is no reason you can't have both a swap partition and a swapfile.  This is an easy way to add more swap without repartitioning.}}

{{tip|There is no reason you can't have both a swap partition and a swapfile.  This is an easy way to add more swap without repartitioning.}}

As of kernel 5.0 and higher, swapfiles are supported on btfrs.  They still require some special handling in addition to the above steps.

As of kernel 5.0 and higher, swapfiles are supported on btfrs.  They still require some special handling in addition to the above steps.