/tags/swap/ Recent content in Swap on Saleem Ansari Hugo -- gohugo.io en (c) 2024 Saleem Ansari Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 /2009/12/14/how-does-live-linux-disk-work-without-any-swap-for-applications-bigger-than-available-ram/ Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000 /2009/12/14/how-does-live-linux-disk-work-without-any-swap-for-applications-bigger-than-available-ram/ How does live linux disk work without any swap for applications bigger than available RAM? This question has occurred to me a lot of times. In the normal scenario I configure enough swap space on the harddis for my GNU/Linux installation. It looks clear that whenever a new request for memory is made by an application, the Linux kernel (OS) gives that request by swapping out a page into swap space ( when there wasn’t enought space available in RAM).