> On Linux servers it can be incredibly difficult for any process to succeed if the disk is full. Copy commands and even deletions can fail or take forever as m

> On Linux servers it can be incredibly difficult for any process to succeed if the disk is full. Copy commands and even deletions can fail or take forever as memory tries to swap to a full disk I don't understand this. Swap is either a swap partition, or a specific swap file, all of which allocated in advance, so the fullness of the storage should have no bearing.