Increasing Swap Space in Linux

I had trouble with an application that was using gigabytes of memory in Linux and running out, so I had to figure out how to increase the amount of memory without buying more hardware. A relatively easy solution for this is to create a new swap file. Of course, there are drawbacks to doing this, but if you are in need a quick solution to increase the memory available to an application, this might work for you, too.

This article explains how to do this on Red Hat. I am not sure, but I think it’s similar on other flavors of Linux.