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'''zram''' (previously called '''compcache''') can create RAM based block devices. It is an experimental (staging) module of the Linux kernel since 3.2. #language en
'''zram''' (previously called '''compcache''') can create RAM based block devices. It is a module of the Linux kernel since 3.2.
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== Background information == See https://code.google.com/p/compcache/ and WikiPedia:Zram for more info.
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 * https://code.google.com/p/compcache/
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zram
== Installation and use ==
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== Startup script == Starting at buster (released July 2019) it's possible to simply install the '''zram-tools''' package and customize '''/etc/default/zramswap''' for your needs.
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Copy the following script to ''/etc/init.d/zram'': For systems using a standard SysV-based init system, it's possible to copy the following script to ''/etc/init.d/zram'':
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#!/bin/bash
#! /bin/sh
# Author: Antonio Galea <antonio.galea@gmail.com>
#
# Thanks to Przemysław Tomczyk for suggesting swapoff parallelization
# Distributed under the GPL version 3 or later, see terms at
# https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
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# Description: Use compressed RAM as in-memory swap  # Description: Use compressed RAM as in-memory swap
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# Author: Antonio Galea <antonio.galea@gmail.com>
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MEMORY=`perl -ne'/^MemTotal:\s+(\d+)/ && print $1*1024;' < /proc/meminfo`
CPUS=`grep -c processor /proc/cpuinfo`
SIZE=$(( MEMORY * FRACTION / 100 / CPUS ))
MEMORY=$(perl -ne '/^MemTotal:\s+(\d+)/ && print $1*1024' < /proc/meminfo)
CPUS=$(nproc)
SIZE=$((MEMORY * FRACTION / 100 / CPUS))
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  "start")
param=`modinfo zram|grep num_devices|cut -f2 -d:|tr -d ' '`
modprobe zram $param=$CPUS
    for n in `seq $CPUS`; do
i=$((n - 1))
      echo $SIZE > /sys/block/zram$i/disksize   mkswap /dev/zram$i
      swapon /dev/zram$i -p 10
    done
;;
  "stop")
for n in `seq $CPUS`; do
i=$((n - 1))
      swapoff /dev/zram$i
    done
sleep .5
    modprobe -r zram
;;
  *)
    echo "Usage: `basename $0` (start | stop)"
    exit 1
    ;;
    start)
    
param=$(modinfo zram | grep num_devices | cut -f2 -d: | tr -d ' ')
    
modprobe zram $param=$CPUS

    
for n in $(seq $CPUS)
        do
      
i=$((n - 1))
       echo $SIZE > /sys/block/zram$i/disksize
      
mkswap /dev/zram$i
            swapon /dev/zram$i --priority 10
        done
    
;;
    stop)
    
for n in $(seq $CPUS)
        do
      
i=$((n - 1))
       swapoff /dev/zram$i && echo "zram: disabled disk $n of $CPUS" &
        done

        wait
    
sleep .5
        modprobe --remove zram
    
;;
    *)
     echo "Usage: $(basename $0) (start | stop)"
        exit 1
     ;;
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# End of file
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then instruct you system to start it at boot time, with the command then make the script executable:
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  insserv zram chmod +x /etc/init.d/zram
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then instruct your system to start it at boot time, with the command (skip this on systemd)
{{{
apt-get install insserv
insserv zram
}}}

zram (previously called compcache) can create RAM based block devices. It is a module of the Linux kernel since 3.2.

See https://code.google.com/p/compcache/ and Zram for more info.

Installation and use

Starting at buster (released July 2019) it's possible to simply install the zram-tools package and customize /etc/default/zramswap for your needs.

For systems using a standard SysV-based init system, it's possible to copy the following script to /etc/init.d/zram:

# Author: Antonio Galea <antonio.galea@gmail.com>
#
# Thanks to Przemysław Tomczyk for suggesting swapoff parallelization
# Distributed under the GPL version 3 or later, see terms at
# https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt

### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides:          zram
# Required-Start:    $local_fs
# Required-Stop:     $local_fs
# Default-Start:     S
# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
# Short-Description: Use compressed RAM as in-memory swap
# Description:       Use compressed RAM as in-memory swap
### END INIT INFO

FRACTION=75
MEMORY=$(perl -ne '/^MemTotal:\s+(\d+)/ && print $1*1024' < /proc/meminfo)
CPUS=$(nproc)
SIZE=$((MEMORY * FRACTION / 100 / CPUS))

case "$1" in
    start)
        param=$(modinfo zram | grep num_devices | cut -f2 -d: | tr -d ' ')
        modprobe zram $param=$CPUS

        for n in $(seq $CPUS)
        do
            i=$((n - 1))
            echo $SIZE > /sys/block/zram$i/disksize
            mkswap /dev/zram$i
            swapon /dev/zram$i --priority 10
        done
        ;;
    stop)
        for n in $(seq $CPUS)
        do
            i=$((n - 1))
            swapoff /dev/zram$i && echo "zram: disabled disk $n of $CPUS" &
        done

        wait
        sleep .5
        modprobe --remove zram
        ;;
    *)
        echo "Usage: $(basename $0) (start | stop)"
        exit 1
        ;;
esac

# End of file

then make the script executable:

chmod +x /etc/init.d/zram

then instruct your system to start it at boot time, with the command (skip this on systemd)

apt-get install insserv
insserv zram