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How to create Zram In LInux ?

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Question added by Syed AbduL Ahmed Nadeem Siddiqui Ahmed , IT Adminstartor , Working as Freelancer.
Date Posted: 2014/01/30
Dariusz Duma
by Dariusz Duma , System Engineer , Cisco

In recent distributions (kernel >=2.6.37) you have to load kernel module zram:

modprobe zram num_devices=no._of_cpu

Controling zram depends on what distribution are you working on. For example, some tweaks for Debian:

 

http://forum.linuxvillage.org/index.php?topic=92.msg465#msg465

 

The most important thing is to control RAM dedicated to zram devices (/sys/block/zramX/disksize).

 

 

 

rachid zarak
by rachid zarak , Réferent des mises en service des liaisons de câbles posés , Lydec

first you have to be sure that your kernel linux >2.6.37.1

than downlad and install the Zram package

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