Originally posted by fillab
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An highly debated solution to increase memory is zRam (Compcache)
This solution it does not really increase performance, but it might reduce the chance an app gets loaded from the disk every time you need it.
When the system is running out of memory Compcache will first try to compress some, before killing the app. Theoretically it should decrease the chance an app gets killed, therefore making it faster when you re-open it a 2nd time.
Not everybody agrees it's a real benefit. Often it requires some fine tuning of the swappiness parameters to be really effective.
If you normally run a couple of apps (let's say gmail and browser), and you are short of memory just by a little so that it's impossible to keep both of them in RAM, you should see a huge benefit from Compcache.
On the other side, if you run many apps which anyway will force the system to start killing old apps very often, with Compcache you make the situation worse.
This solution it does not really increase performance, but it might reduce the chance an app gets loaded from the disk every time you need it.
When the system is running out of memory Compcache will first try to compress some, before killing the app. Theoretically it should decrease the chance an app gets killed, therefore making it faster when you re-open it a 2nd time.
Not everybody agrees it's a real benefit. Often it requires some fine tuning of the swappiness parameters to be really effective.
If you normally run a couple of apps (let's say gmail and browser), and you are short of memory just by a little so that it's impossible to keep both of them in RAM, you should see a huge benefit from Compcache.
On the other side, if you run many apps which anyway will force the system to start killing old apps very often, with Compcache you make the situation worse.
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