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Is it ok to have both a swap partition and swap file on an Ubuntu 18.04 system?


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  • No, it's a common practice to have a partition, and dynamically increase swap via swap files. Errors can result from improper formatting of swap file, or if it has been unlinked but not removed from /etc/fstab , stuff like that. Short answer is OK

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  • No, it's a common practice to have a partition, and dynamically increase swap via swap files. Errors can result from improper formatting of swap file, or if it has been unlinked but not removed from /etc/fstab , stuff like that. Short answer is OK

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  • No, it's a common practice to have a partition, and dynamically increase swap via swap files. Errors can result from improper formatting of swap file, or if it has been unlinked but not removed from /etc/fstab , stuff like that. Short answer is OK

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    4 hours ago











  • @SergiyKolodyazhnyy your answer is in the wrong box... ;)

    – Zanna
    2 mins ago



















  • No, it's a common practice to have a partition, and dynamically increase swap via swap files. Errors can result from improper formatting of swap file, or if it has been unlinked but not removed from /etc/fstab , stuff like that. Short answer is OK

    – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
    4 hours ago











  • @SergiyKolodyazhnyy your answer is in the wrong box... ;)

    – Zanna
    2 mins ago

















No, it's a common practice to have a partition, and dynamically increase swap via swap files. Errors can result from improper formatting of swap file, or if it has been unlinked but not removed from /etc/fstab , stuff like that. Short answer is OK

– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
4 hours ago





No, it's a common practice to have a partition, and dynamically increase swap via swap files. Errors can result from improper formatting of swap file, or if it has been unlinked but not removed from /etc/fstab , stuff like that. Short answer is OK

– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
4 hours ago













@SergiyKolodyazhnyy your answer is in the wrong box... ;)

– Zanna
2 mins ago





@SergiyKolodyazhnyy your answer is in the wrong box... ;)

– Zanna
2 mins ago










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There will be no errors in you use them both. I personally use partition as a first swap device and file as second.



You can find many religious discussions advocating one over another. Partition should be a little faster as it does not have filesystem overhead, but file is much more flexible.






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    You can find many religious discussions advocating one over another. Partition should be a little faster as it does not have filesystem overhead, but file is much more flexible.






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      You can find many religious discussions advocating one over another. Partition should be a little faster as it does not have filesystem overhead, but file is much more flexible.






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