The built-in resource manager on Proxmox detects "used" memory rather than what’s "available" to the system. Since Linux VMs ...

Understanding Linux Page Tables What is Virtual Memory? Linux, like most modern operating systems, implements virtual memory to provide processes with an illusion of a vast contiguous memory space.

A Linux VM can be a powerful tool, but it’s not always the best fit. Here are five reasons you would use one. A Linux VM lets ...

Memory management on Linux systems is complicated. Seeing high usage doesn’t necessarily mean there’s a problem. There are other things you should also consider.

Linux novices often find virtual memory mysterious, but with a grasp of the fundamental concepts, it's easy to understand. With this knowledge, you can monitor your system's memory utilization using ...

Android only gives the Linux Terminal app a measly 4GB of RAM, which might not be enough memory for some workloads. Here's a possible fix.

Posted in Linux Hacks, Raspberry Pi Tagged linux, swap file, virtual memory, zram. Caching In On Program Performance. June 23, 2019 by Al Williams No comments ...

Adjusting CPU or Memory resources under Hyper-V is simple. You shutdown the VM, open the VM’s settings, and increase or decrease the allocated RAM or virtual CPU cores.

The Linux virtual memory system, in other words, is a black box which provides too little information on what is going on inside. Matt’s project is to open up that box and shine some light inside.

Based on observed behaviour on Android and Chrome OS, Google began working on a new page reclamation strategy for its Linux-based OSes aimed at improving how the virtual memory subsystem reclaims ...