Where Is Virtual Memory Stored on a Linux System?

In order to copy virtual memory into RAM, the operating system divides virtual memory into pages.

Each page contains a fixed number of addresses that are stored on disk until called by the operating system.

What is the virtual memory in Linux?

6.1. What is virtual memory? Linux supports virtual memory, that is, using a disk as an extension of RAM so that the effective size of usable memory grows correspondingly. The kernel will write the contents of a currently unused block of memory to the hard disk so that the memory can be used for another purpose.

Where is virtual memory stored?

While copying virtual memory into physical memory, the OS divides memory into pagefiles or swap files with a fixed number of addresses. Each page is stored on a disk and when the page is needed, the OS copies it from the disk to main memory and translates the virtual addresses into real addresses.