Which of the following should the administrator use to reduce the output of memory messages?

A junior administrator of a physical server receives log messages indicating the out-of-memory killer has been active. All memory slots are in use on the motherboard, but additional disk space is available. Space has been allocated for a swap file.

Which of the following should the administrator use to reduce the output of memory messages?
A . free: swapoff / swapfile ; swapon -a
B . mkswap /swapfile; swapon Ca
C . fallocate Cl 2G /swapfile && swapon Ca
D . echo “1” > /proc/meninfo ; swapon / swapfile

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Answer: A