Another reason for going with a swap file vs partition (if you need either) are nvme and SSD drives.
A partition that’s only a few GB and written to constantly will wear out a solid state drive quickly.
Using a swap file in a larger partition that has other data allows the drive to even out the wear across more storage cells.
Reminds me of Coffee Stain Studio’s trailer for the release of Goat MMO Simulator:
DirectTV DSS was huge when it came out.
Now you only needed an 18" dish, no need to move it once it was aimed. Digital quality and 480p if I remember right.
Yeah, people kept using them to fill the bank with bees.
Or you had to write down a long ass code and re-eneter it when you were ready to continue!
Know you meme page (for those that want to see the original without giving Twitter or his account the views):
Do a search for you server OS + STIG
Then, for each service you’re hosting on that server, do a search for:
Service/Program name + STIG/Benchmark
There’s tons of work already done by the vendors in conjunction with the DoD (and CIS) to create lists of potential vulnerable settings that can be corrected before deploying the server.
Along with this, you can usually find scripts and/or Ansible playbooks that will do most of the hardening for you. Though it’s a good Idea to understand what you do and do not need done.