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## Swap Partition

Administrators can configure sessions to provision with any amount of cpu or memory allocations by editing the in the
{doc}`Kasm Workspace Settings <../guide/workspaces>`. However, even a host with more than enough system memory can run
into stability issues without enabling a swap partition. For this reason, the Kasm installation recommends a swap
partition to be present.

```{warning}
Install Swap partition for best stability of end user sessions. For additional details on docker resource constraints
see the following link:
[Docker Resource Constraints](https://docs.docker.com/config/containers/resource_constraints/)
```

### Creating a Swap Partition

During installation users will be prompted to create a swap partition if none are present. Following this menu a swap partition of any size can be defined depending on the needs of the deployment.

To skip this check pass the `--no-swap-check` installation flag. To automate this process the `--swap-size` installation flag can be passed with a number in megabytes for the resulting swap partition. Example: 

```
sudo bash kasm_release/install.sh --accept-eula --swap-size 8192
```

This will create an 8 gigabyte swap partition during Kasm Workspaces installation and assuming the installation is unattended bypass the License prompt.

For general information on swap partitions check out the
[Ubuntu Documentation](https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SwapFaq)