Not interested in distros. I have a cheap 1GB RAM Ubuntu vps that needs to run stuff requiring 3+GB of RAM resulting in 2+GB swap file. My gut instinct tells (incorrectly?) me it should be possible tweak Linux for such conditions. I dont expect miracles (or maybe I do?) but it has to do a thing that can take up to an hour, getting this time down a bit would be great. If it is slower under normal conditions I don't care as I can just set setting to defaults under such normal conditions.
I have experimented a bit with zswap and "think" performance got a bit better with some values. Will try zram next.
Not interested in distros. I have a cheap 1GB RAM Ubuntu vps that needs to run stuff requiring 3+GB of RAM resulting in 2+GB swap file. My gut instinct tells (incorrectly?) me it should be possible tweak Linux for such conditions. I dont expect miracles (or maybe I do?) but it has to do a thing that can take up to an hour, getting this time down a bit would be great. If it is slower under normal conditions I don't care as I can just set setting to defaults under such normal conditions.
I have experimented a bit with zswap and "think" performance got a bit better with some values. Will try zram next.
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