Linux Memory Management

1. Linux Memory Management 2. Swap Space It is a partition on disk. When Linux memory is full, some memory is swapped to the Swap space. 2.1. Swap Space vs Virtual Memory Swap Space Virtual Memory Exists on disk Exists on disk Swapped with main memor

Operating Systems / LinuxCreated 02/08/2020Updated 03/23/20201 min readhistorical

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1. Linux Memory Management

2. Swap Space

It is a partition on disk. When Linux memory is full, some memory is swapped to the Swap space.

2.1. Swap Space vs Virtual Memory

	Swap Space	Virtual Memory
	Exists on disk	Exists on disk
	Swapped with main memory	Swapped with main memory
	Operating-system concept	Process concept
	Solves the problem of insufficient physical memory for the system	Solves the problem of insufficient physical memory for a process