Swap space extends the capacity of your system's memory to improve performance when the RAM is full. During a memory shortage, your server stores inactive processes to the swap memory to run your system smoothly. Swapping processes prevents system shutdowns and crashes, especially when running multiple applications. This article explains how to add a swap memory on FreeBSD 14.0. Before you begin: * Deploy a [FreeBSD 14.0](https://www.vultr.com/servers/freebsd) Cloud Compute instance on Vultr. * ......