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JAIHIND DEGREE COLLEGE

ECC PROJECT PRESENTATION


on

“Title of the project work:


Swapping”
Presenting By
Student Name: Saniya
Farheen

Under the guidance of


DEEPTHI N
Department of Computer Application
JAIHIND DEGREE COLLEGE
Swapping in
Operating
Systems
Swapping is a memory management technique used in operating
systems to address limited physical memory. It temporarily moves
inactive process data from RAM to secondary storage, like a hard
drive, to free up space for active processes. This allows more
programs to run concurrently, though swapping is slower than
accessing data directly from RAM.
The effectiveness of swapping depends on factors like the size of the
swap space, the frequency of swapping operations, and the speed of
the hard drive. In the next sections, we will explore the reasons
behind swapping, how swap space is managed, the process itself,
factors affecting its performance, and the advantages and
disadvantages. We will also examine best practices to optimize
swapping for efficient system performance.
What is Swapping?
1 Identify Inactive Data
The operating system continuously monitors
memory usage and identifies data or
processes that are currently inactive or not in
immediate need.

2 Move to Secondary Storage


The inactive data is temporarily moved from
main memory (RAM) to secondary storage,
such as a hard drive or swap partition.

3 Restore on Demand
When the inactive data is needed again, it is
quickly restored from secondary storage back
into main memory for processing.
Reasons for Swapping in OS
Memory Overcommitment Improved Utilization Crash Recovery

The total memory required by all Swapping allows the OS to If a process crashes, the OS can
running processes may exceed the efficiently manage memory by quickly restore its state from the
available physical memory (RAM) temporarily storing inactive data, swap space, avoiding the need to
in the system. This is a common making room for active processes. restart the entire system. This is a
scenario in multi-user systems, This prevents situations where significant advantage, as it
where multiple users run different processes are starved for memory, minimizes downtime and data loss.
applications simultaneously. leading to slowdowns and potential When a process crashes, its
Swapping allows the OS to crashes. The OS intelligently swaps memory image is already stored in
accommodate more processes out less frequently used data to the swap space, allowing for
than the physical memory can ensure that actively executing immediate restoration and
hold, increasing the system's processes have access to the continuation of its execution.
overall capacity. memory they need.
Advantages of Swapping

Memory Utilization Performance Crash Recovery


Swapping allows the OS to efficiently use By avoiding out-of-memory conditions, The ability to restore swapped data
available memory, supporting more swapping can improve overall system helps the OS recover from crashes and
concurrent processes. This means that responsiveness and throughput. When maintain application state. In the event
the system can run more programs memory is scarce, the system may of a system crash, the swapped data can
simultaneously, maximizing the use of become sluggish or unresponsive. be retrieved and restored to its original
available resources. By swapping out Swapping provides a mechanism to location in memory. This ensures that
inactive or less frequently used handle memory overcommitment, the application state is preserved,
processes to the disk, the OS can preventing the system from crashing allowing the system to resume operation
allocate memory to other running and maintaining a smoother, more from the point of failure without losing
processes, effectively extending the efficient operation. This can lead to a data or progress. This significantly
system's memory capacity. noticeable improvement in the overall enhances system reliability and reduces
performance of the system, as it can the potential for data loss.
continue to execute tasks and processes
efficiently even when facing memory
constraints.
Disadvantages of Swapping
Disk I/O Overhead Limited Swap Space Wear on Storage

Frequent swapping can increase If the swap space is not configured Excessive swapping can accelerate
disk I/O, leading to higher latency correctly, it can become a the wear and tear on storage
and reduced overall system bottleneck, causing severe devices, especially for traditional
performance. The constant reading performance degradation. When hard drives. The constant writing
and writing to the swap space can the swap space fills up, the OS and erasing of data on the swap
overwhelm the disk, causing may not be able to swap out space can lead to faster
delays in other operations and processes effectively, resulting in degradation of the disk, shortening
slowing down the entire system. system crashes or extreme its lifespan.
slowdowns.
Conclusion and Best Practices
1 2
Balanced Configuration Optimize Processes
Ensure the swap space size Minimize memory usage of
is appropriate for the processes and reduce the
system's memory need for swapping through
requirements and application optimization.
workloads.

3 Use Fast Storage 4 Monitor and Tune


Leverage fast storage Continuously monitor
technologies, such as SSDs, system performance and
to improve the speed and adjust swap space and other
efficiency of swap memory management
operations. settings as needed.

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