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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYMMV. Big ZRAM absolutely tanks performance for me because it “steals” space that could be used for normal memory. But if its for squirrling away a bunch of idle processes when multitasking like crazy, yeah, it can be wonderful. Just depends.
minus-squareozymandias117@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoIf you’re able to have swap, Zswap is supposed to be better. Zram is intended for devices with no swap
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months ago…This appears to be amazing advice. https://linuxblog.io/zswap-better-than-zram/ That’s exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
YMMV.
Big ZRAM absolutely tanks performance for me because it “steals” space that could be used for normal memory.
But if its for squirrling away a bunch of idle processes when multitasking like crazy, yeah, it can be wonderful. Just depends.
If you’re able to have swap, Zswap is supposed to be better.
Zram is intended for devices with no swap
…This appears to be amazing advice.
https://linuxblog.io/zswap-better-than-zram/
That’s exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!