An easy way to make your server more responsive, and guard against out-of-memory errors in your applications, is to add some swap space. Swap is an area on a storage drive where the operating system can temporarily store data that it can no longer hold in memory. In this guide, we will cover how to add a swap file to your server. Choose your OS below to get started.
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