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PoneyClairDeLune committed Nov 14, 2024
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#### `zswap`
> **Notice**
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> All steps demonstrated below do not persist across reboots. Read [Setting up Zswap in Debian 11 GNU/Linux](https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2021/10/03/setting-up-zswap-in-debian-11-gnu-linux/) for persistence.
Requires `swap` to be enabled. `zswap` creates a compressed cache in RAM for system to swap pages off to, before the system decides to offload to the on-disk swap instead. Enabling `zswap` on top of `swap` helps to lessen the burden dumped onto the disk, make memory usage more efficient, while increasing responsiveness, as some of the infrequently accessed pages now resides in the much-faster RAM instead.

To see the current configurations for `zswap`, run the following command.
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