Swapping to Network File (NFS and iSCSI)

This is a tutorial about swapping to network shared file. For now, the outline, and then I'll fill in the details (very slowly, whenever I have time).

While I'm writing this, if anybody'd like to experiment with iSCSI target/initiator, feel free to do that. The Kirkwood and MVEBU kernel I release in this forum have this capability. I could use some helps to co-author the iSCSI part of the tutorial.

I. Swap over NFS

1. Create swap file in NFS shared folder

Assuming the NFS share folder /srv/nfs/swap was exported by the server. Create 512MB swap file.

mkdir -p /srv/nfs/swap
cd /srv/nfs/swap
dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile3 bs=1024 count=524288
chmod 600 swapfile3 
mkswap swapfile3

2. Set up swap device in NFS client rootfs

Assuming on the client box, the NFS server was mounted at

/mnt/nfs/nfs_server

Set up loop device for the swapfile3 and turn swap on.

losetup -v /dev/loop0 /mnt/nfs/nfs_server/srv/nfs/swap/swapfile3 
swapon -v /dev/loop0

Verify:

swapon

Expected output

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NAME TYPE SIZE USED PRIO
/dev/loop0 partition 512M 17M -2

cat /proc/swaps

Expected output

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Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/loop0 partition 524284 256 -2

3.NFS client rootfs
4. NFS rootfs
5. RAM disk

II. Swap over iSCSI

1. Create iSCSI target
1.1 Windows iSCSI
1.2 Linux iSCSI
2. Create swap file in iSCSI target folder
3. Create iSCSI initiator in the client rootfs
3. RAM disk

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Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 04/04/2021 11:57PM by bodhi.

This isnt much of a helpful reply,

That is right in my wheelhouse and interest set...... only problem is, I have had to relocate 140miles away from where all my toys reside :(

This is interesting. I will keep my eyes on this thread.

Thank you, Bodhi.

1st post updated.

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