ZFS How to increase swap space on ZFS

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balanga

I keep running out of swap space and would like to increase it

Code: 
=>        40  1953525088  ada1  GPT  (932G)
          40      532480     1  efi  (260M)
      532520        1024     2  freebsd-boot  (512K)
      533544         984        - free -  (492K)
      534528     4194304     3  freebsd-swap  (2.0G)
     4728832  1948796296     4  freebsd-zfs  (929G)

What can I do?

I probably need 8G
 
It says

Swap files on ZFS file systems are strongly discouraged, as swapping can lead to system hangs.

but I guess I don't have an option.

I've followed the instructions, so hopefully everything should have worked.
 
balanga said:
It says

Swap files on ZFS file systems are strongly discouraged, as swapping can lead to system hangs.

but I guess I don't have an option.

I've followed the instructions, so hopefully everything should have worked.
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assuming swap priorities work on FreeBSD (I don't know) it should use first your swap partition and then the file (maybe).
 
bob2112 said:
If you are going to put swap on ZFS, it's likely to be more efficient to put it on a ZVOL.
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I really don't anything about ZFS apart from the initial and format prior to installation and am scared of messing something up.

I have no idea about what it means to put it on a ZVOL.
 
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