# Zram/zswap **URL:** \ **Category:** Lounge\ **Created:** [July 17, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/zram-zswap/5784 "2020-07-17T22:51:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tasia91](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/tasia91/32/5720_2.png) [@Tasia91](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Tasia91)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 10:51pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/zram-zswap/5784/1 "2020-07-17T22:51:54Z")
Do you (explicitly) use [zram](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/blockdev/zram.html) or [zswap](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/vm/zswap.html)? With zram I primarily mean using it as a swap device, but would be nice to learn other usages for it too (I know that another common usage is for /tmp). [Archwiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Zswap) says that since kernel 5.7 zswap is enabled by default. Does it matter for those who are using zram already as their only swap? ---
**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/zram-zswap/5784/2 "2020-07-17T23:07:46Z")
I have used zswap with systemd-swap in the past. It worked well. If zram is working for you, I would just stick with it. ---
**Author:** ![Tasia91](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/tasia91/32/5720_2.png) [@Tasia91](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/Tasia91)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/zram-zswap/5784/3 "2020-07-17T23:16:43Z")
> [@dalto](#): > > If zram is working for you, I would just stick with it. It does seem to work well, I currently use it for swap (zstd) and /tmp (btrfs/lz4). But zswap would allow hibernation while providing similar benefits (If I understand it right). I never used it before though.