@hypertown@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 2 years agoIt's fine until you run out of disk spacelemmy.worldimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up1752arrow-down16
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minus-squarejtfletchbotlinkfedilink13•2 years agoDoesn’t it compress the contents that it’s storing to help kind of get the best of both worlds? You get faster storage because it’s in ram still, but with it being compressed there’s also “more” available? I could be completely mistaken though
minus-squareEw0linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years agoYou are correct, although zram uses more cpu power since it compresses things. It’s not really an issue if you’re not using a potato :=)
minus-square@Still@programming.devlinkfedilink10•2 years agoeven if you are using a potato it probably doesn’t have much ram so slightly slowing it to make things run smoother is a very popular choice
Unironically that’s how zram works
Doesn’t it compress the contents that it’s storing to help kind of get the best of both worlds?
You get faster storage because it’s in ram still, but with it being compressed there’s also “more” available?
I could be completely mistaken though
You are correct, although zram uses more cpu power since it compresses things. It’s not really an issue if you’re not using a potato :=)
even if you are using a potato it probably doesn’t have much ram so slightly slowing it to make things run smoother is a very popular choice
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