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AWS EC2 instance, enable swap disk
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As the question suggests, is it a good recommendation to enable a swap file on an Amazon EC2 instance e.g T3.nano or T3.micro
Or should you solely rely on physical RAM?
Cheers
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asked Apr 5 at 15:40
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As the question suggests, is it a good recommendation to enable a swap file on an Amazon EC2 instance e.g T3.nano or T3.micro
Or should you solely rely on physical RAM?
Cheers
amazon-web-services amazon-ec2
asked Apr 5 at 15:40
noelmcgnoelmcg
1033
I use swap on my lightly loaded t2.nano, it works fine. If you swap to network disk a lot (EBS) it will probably get pretty slow. I have a lightly loaded t2.micro running Windows10 that gets into swap and is ok. In general, if you need the memory it's best to have RAM.
– Tim
Apr 5 at 19:04
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As the question suggests, is it a good recommendation to enable a swap file on an Amazon EC2 instance e.g T3.nano or T3.micro
Or should you solely rely on physical RAM?
Cheers
amazon-web-services amazon-ec2
asked Apr 5 at 15:40
noelmcgnoelmcg
1033
As the question suggests, is it a good recommendation to enable a swap file on an Amazon EC2 instance e.g T3.nano or T3.micro
Or should you solely rely on physical RAM?
Cheers
amazon-web-services amazon-ec2
amazon-web-services amazon-ec2
asked Apr 5 at 15:40
noelmcgnoelmcg
1033
asked Apr 5 at 15:40
noelmcgnoelmcg
1033
asked Apr 5 at 15:40
noelmcgnoelmcg
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asked Apr 5 at 15:40
noelmcgnoelmcg
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asked Apr 5 at 15:40
noelmcgnoelmcg
1033
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I use swap on my lightly loaded t2.nano, it works fine. If you swap to network disk a lot (EBS) it will probably get pretty slow. I have a lightly loaded t2.micro running Windows10 that gets into swap and is ok. In general, if you need the memory it's best to have RAM.
– Tim
Apr 5 at 19:04
add a comment |
I use swap on my lightly loaded t2.nano, it works fine. If you swap to network disk a lot (EBS) it will probably get pretty slow. I have a lightly loaded t2.micro running Windows10 that gets into swap and is ok. In general, if you need the memory it's best to have RAM.
– Tim
Apr 5 at 19:04
I use swap on my lightly loaded t2.nano, it works fine. If you swap to network disk a lot (EBS) it will probably get pretty slow. I have a lightly loaded t2.micro running Windows10 that gets into swap and is ok. In general, if you need the memory it's best to have RAM.
– Tim
Apr 5 at 19:04
I use swap on my lightly loaded t2.nano, it works fine. If you swap to network disk a lot (EBS) it will probably get pretty slow. I have a lightly loaded t2.micro running Windows10 that gets into swap and is ok. In general, if you need the memory it's best to have RAM.
– Tim
Apr 5 at 19:04
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Paging space is useful when you are uncertain about maximum memory use and do not want to allocate more memory to hosts. This is your decision specific to your workload, you must do your capacity planning.
Local disks, where available, make good paging space, as durability and shared storage is not required.
answered Apr 6 at 14:23
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Paging space is useful when you are uncertain about maximum memory use and do not want to allocate more memory to hosts. This is your decision specific to your workload, you must do your capacity planning.
Local disks, where available, make good paging space, as durability and shared storage is not required.
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Paging space is useful when you are uncertain about maximum memory use and do not want to allocate more memory to hosts. This is your decision specific to your workload, you must do your capacity planning.
Local disks, where available, make good paging space, as durability and shared storage is not required.
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Paging space is useful when you are uncertain about maximum memory use and do not want to allocate more memory to hosts. This is your decision specific to your workload, you must do your capacity planning.
Local disks, where available, make good paging space, as durability and shared storage is not required.
answered Apr 6 at 14:23
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Paging space is useful when you are uncertain about maximum memory use and do not want to allocate more memory to hosts. This is your decision specific to your workload, you must do your capacity planning.
Local disks, where available, make good paging space, as durability and shared storage is not required.
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I use swap on my lightly loaded t2.nano, it works fine. If you swap to network disk a lot (EBS) it will probably get pretty slow. I have a lightly loaded t2.micro running Windows10 that gets into swap and is ok. In general, if you need the memory it's best to have RAM.
– Tim
Apr 5 at 19:04