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zramctl — Setup and control zram devices. Use `mkfs` or `mkswap` to format zram devices to partitions. More in

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Problem

How to use the zramctl command: Setup and control zram devices. Use mkfs or mkswap to format zram devices to partitions. More information: <https://manned.org/zramctl>.

Solution

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|--ignore-case]}} 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 {{[-f|--find]}} {{[-s|--size]}} {{2GB}} {{[-a|--algorithm]}} {{lz4}}


List currently initialized devices:
sudo zramctl

Code Snippets

Check if zram is enabled

lsmod | grep {{[-i|--ignore-case]}} 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 {{[-f|--find]}} {{[-s|--size]}} {{2GB}} {{[-a|--algorithm]}} {{lz4}}

List currently initialized devices

sudo zramctl

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