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Resize Swap volume on Ubuntu 20.04 to 8GB
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swap-resizer.sh
#!/bin/sh
# Firstly, if you want to check the swap memory size run: swapon -s
# Resize Swap volume to 8GB
sudo swapoff -a && sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=8192 && sudo mkswap /swapfile && sudo swapon /swapfile
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Mexidense commented Jan 25, 2021 •
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Flush some memory:

echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

source: https://www.linuxatemyram.com/

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