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zramctl

Setup and control zram devices. Use mkfs or mkswap to format zram devices to partitions. More information: https://manned.org/zramctl.

  • Check if zram is enabled:

lsmod | grep -i zram

  • Enable zram with a dynamic number of devices (use zramctl to configure devices further):

sudo modprobe zram

  • Enable zram with exactly 2 devices:

sudo modprobe zram num_devices=2

  • Find and initialize the next free zram device to a 2 GB virtual drive using LZ4 compression:

sudo zramctl --find --size 2GB --algorithm lz4

  • List currently initialized devices:

sudo zramctl

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