zramctl
Setup and control zram devices. Usemkfs
ormkswap
to format zram devices to partitions. More information: https://manned.org/zramctl.
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Check if zram is enabled:
lsmod | grep -i zram
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Enable zram with a dynamic number of devices (use
zramctl
to configure devices further):
sudo modprobe zram
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Enable zram with exactly 2 devices:
sudo modprobe zram num_devices={{2}}
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Find and initialize the next free zram device to a 2 GB virtual drive using LZ4 compression:
sudo zramctl --find --size {{2GB}} --algorithm {{lz4}}
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List currently initialized devices:
zramctl
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