hardware

09 Oct 2026 · hardware, infrastructure, memory · 4 min

RAM is 500% more expensive: what the memory audit of this VM shows

With DDR5 up to 500% pricier in 12 months, I measured where the 5.8 GB of this VM go. zram holds 3.4 GB in 779 MB of RAM, and swap has moved more than 100 GB since boot.