When attempting to improve system performance for Linux computers with a limited amount of memory, why is increasing the size of the swap file system not considered the best solution?

Last Updated on February 21, 2021 by Admin

When attempting to improve system performance for Linux computers with a limited amount of memory, why is increasing the size of the swap file system not considered the best solution?

• A swap file system only supports the ex2 file system.
• A swap file system does not have a specific file system.
• A swap file system cannot be mounted on an MBR partition.
• A swap file system uses hard disk space to store inactive RAM content.
  

  Explanation: The swap file system is used by Linux when it runs out of physical memory. When needed, the kernel moves inactive RAM content to the swap partition on the hard disk. Storing and retrieving content in the swap partition is much slower than RAM is, and therefore using the swap partition should not be considered the best solution to improving system performance.