Richard is the PC Hardware Lead at XDA and has been covering the technology industry for almost two decades. He's been building PCs since young, and when not creating content, you can often find him ...
There are many ways to get files from your PC to a mobile Android device. One of our favorite methods around here is the super useful AirDroid for Android. But a recent feature from the free app ...
Virtual memory, also known as the swap file, uses part of your hard drive to effectively expand your RAM, allowing you to run more programs than it could otherwise handle. But a hard drive is much ...
We have received several individual reports of swap file bloating, ranging from minor dips in storage capacity to complete crippling of the system’s main volume. Based on the information we have so ...
Both Microsoft Vista and Intel's new Santa Rosa chipset can use flash memory to speed up the system. Although the sustained transfer speeds for flash memory aren't that good compared to those of hard ...
A disk file used by Windows for its virtual memory. A virtual memory system temporarily stores segments of the application on disk when there is not enough RAM to hold all the programs being used. The ...
When your Linux server starts feeling sluggish, you might benefit from looking at your swap space and gauging whether it’s adequately sized for your system’s workload. Fortunately, Linux has some ...
With advanced VM setting configuration in vSphere 6.7, admins can optimize workloads and improve performance and resource utilization. There are several ways that vSphere administrators can configure ...
Linux is a two-edged sword. On the one hand, there’s so much you can configure. On the other hand, there’s so much you can configure. It is sometimes hard to know just what you should do to get the ...