Disabling Swap

Purpose

Linux virtual memory automatically adjusts based on system load. Swapping memory pages to disk degrades test performance.

Procedure

Before disabling Swap, run the free -g command to query the Swap value. If the value is not 0, Swap is enabled.

free -g

Run the following command to disable Swap.

swapoff -a

Run the free -g command to query the Swap value. If the value is 0, Swap is disabled.

free -g