This guide concerns swap on Managed Cloud Server.

Swap and RAM memory

There can be swap even when RAM usage is low. Indeed, the system can use swap at any time if it deems it useful.

Swap is not a dedicated memory space to be used if there is no free RAM, although this is often its main use.

If you want to know more, there is a "swappiness" parameter that allows you to define how the system will use the swap. The default value is 60 and it cannot be modified.