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Increase Swap size
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increase-swap-size
sudo swapoff -a
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1G count=64
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile
Add below line in '/etc/fstab' file
/swapfile none swap sw 0 0
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Recommendations
RAM Size Swap Size (Without Hibernation) Swap size (With Hibernation)
16GB 4GB 20GB
24GB 5GB 29GB
32GB 6GB 38GB
64GB 8GB 72GB
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