Question
Is it possible to us zram in a Droplet?
- Posted on February 27, 2023
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Asked by Mark Pemburn
Hi,
I’m running a Droplet on Ubuntu 22.10 with 2GB of RAM. I learned about zram the other day, and it seemed like a good thing to try. I ran: apt install zram-config and it seemed to install successfully, but the test to see if it’s working (cat /proc/swaps) doesn’t show anything. Does this not work on DigitalOcean?
Thanks!
Mark
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Hi there,
It sounds like that you’ve only installed the zram-config but not the actual Kernel module. Can you confirm which guide did you follow?
If you check your logs do you see any errors: