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Version: 2.0.11

Swap

OpenAdmin > System > Swap lets Administrators view current swap usage, change the swap file allocation, and drop (clear) swap.

Current usage​

Shows total/used/free swap (as reported by free -m) and a table of every active swap device (name, type, size, used, priority, from swapon --show). The alert threshold shown here is the same swap= value used by Sentinel's own swap check.

Swap page with the current swap usage, the swap size field with Apply, and the Drop Swap button Swap page with the current swap usage, the swap size field with Apply, and the Drop Swap button

Change allocation​

Recreates the managed swap file (/swapfile by default) at the requested size and re-enables it, adding it to /etc/fstab if it isn't already there. This briefly disables swap while the file is recreated.

Drop swap​

Runs swapoff -a; swapon -a, the same cleanup Sentinel performs automatically when swap usage crosses its threshold. This moves swapped-out pages back into RAM without changing the swap size.