questions about swap (partition and file)

[Ottavio Caruso]

On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 20:09, Robert Huff <roberthuff at rcn.com> wrote:
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>
> tech-lists writes:
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> >  >It's usually not a good idea to have swap on a SSD.
> >
> >  Why is this?
>
>         The conventional wisdon:
>         Swap can involve lots of reads and lots of writes.
>         SSDs wear out quickly under heavy write load.
>
>         This "wisdom" may no longer match reality.
>         (I have an SSD in my main workstation; it holds "/" and "/var",
> both of which get minimal traffic.)

I don't get the point of "fast drives".  Applications load in memory.
If you want a fast system, stick more RAM (and this is also a memo to
myself).

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Ottavio Caruso