Linode Create + Swap Space

Linode Linux

A new Linode instance provisions 512MB swap space. We wish to increase this to 1GB prior to commencing our work. Configure Linode Swap Space Our examples use the vi editor except where nano is used on system files, and the lowest cost shared instance of 1GB RAM and 1CPU. It is worth noting Amazon EC2’s…

Swap Space

EC2 Linux

Prior to using a new instance we configure Disk Swap Space for initial installation of packages and ongoing use. Configure Swap Space We remove zram0 on small instances. Swapping compressed data out of RAM memory to swap space freezes the system during a prolonged process – which repeats. This is chronic. Instead, we install classic…