Swap

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sudo fallocate -l 4G /swapfile
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=2097152
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile

# /etc/fstab
/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0

sudo swapon --show
sudo free -h

cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10

sudo swapoff -v /swapfile
# and remove the entry from /etc/fstab
sudo rm /swapfile
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