{"id":191,"date":"2015-04-27T13:27:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/betakb.veeble.org\/?p=191"},"modified":"2025-04-22T12:59:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T07:29:28","slug":"increase-swap-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.veeble.com\/kb\/increase-swap-space\/","title":{"rendered":"Increase SWAP space"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a common issue that in most cases the RAM gets upgraded after the server is live. For maximum utilization of the resources, it is recommended to create a swap space of twice the amount of RAM. Hence if a RAM of 1GB is present in the server 2GB of swap space should be present. In order to create a swap space of 1GB.<\/p>\n<pre>dd if=\/dev\/zero of=\/swapfile1 bs=1024 count=1048576\n\/sbin\/mkswap -c -v1 \/swapfile1\n\/sbin\/swapon \/swapfile1 \n<\/pre>\n<p>Add the entry to \/etc\/fstab to automate it after a Reboot. Edit \/etc\/fstab and add the entry below.<\/p>\n<pre>\/swapfile1              swap                    swap    defaults  0 0\n<\/pre>\n<p>A new swap file can be created with a new name replace the filename &#8220;swapfile1&#8221; with a new one and follow the same procedure. The above commands are used to create a 1GB swap. If the amount of RAM in the server is 2GB, then a swap file of 4GB is required.<\/p>\n<p>The easiest way to create this swap file is to create four swap files of 1GB each.<\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-call-to-action uagb-block-a9ff834d wp-block-button\"><div class=\"uagb-cta__wrap\"><h3 class=\"uagb-cta__title\">Turn Hosting into Your Profitable Business<\/h3><p class=\"uagb-cta__desc\">Affordable reseller plans with free WHMCS, SSD storage, and a user-friendly dashboard. 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