Linux Labs· Storage and Network FilesystemsLab 34 of 37

Configure Swap and Inspect Memory Pressure

Add a small swap area on its own partition, make it permanent, watch a bounded workload push the machine, and learn to tell 'memory is full' from 'memory is under pressure'.

  • Intermediate
  • 30 min
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In this moduleStorage and Network Filesystems

  1. Discover Disks and Create a GPT Partition30 min
  2. Filesystems and Persistent UUID Mounts35 min
  3. Build an LVM Application Volume45 min
  4. Expand LVM and Grow an XFS Filesystem35 min
  5. Configure Swap and Inspect Memory PressureYou are here
  6. Enforce Per-Project XFS Storage Quotas40 min
  7. NFSv4 Server and Remote Client Access45 min
  8. On-Demand NFS Mounting with autofs30 min