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Linux Swap Explained: Do You Need It?
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this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2025
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In this case the web server will temporarily exceed 1GB RAM and crash. It’s usually hovering around 700MB. I configured 4GB swap but I haven’t seen it use more than 1.5GB. I honestly doubt they would even have a way to know, but thanks for the warning.
I guess you will find out
Its probably fine. Just make sure you have a backup outside of the cloud provider.