Recommended Swap File Size
4 GB
Optimal vm.swappiness
10
Swapfile Provisioning Script:
sudo fallocate -l 4G /swapfile sudo chmod 600 /swapfile sudo mkswap /swapfile sudo swapon /swapfile echo '/swapfile none swap sw 0 0' | sudo tee -a /etc/fstab echo 'vm.swappiness=10' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.d/99-swap.conf sudo sysctl -p /etc/sysctl.d/99-swap.conf
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