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Subject: Re: Swap on ZFS / swap_pager: indefinite wait buffer
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On Fri, 27 Apr 2012, bsalinux@gmail.com wrote:

> After moving swap to another USB stick, these are gone but the system
> still goes unresponsive after few days of continuous write. The
> machine responds to ping but no nfs or ssh or other services.

Why would one decide to put swap on a USB stick?  If it is NAND-flash 
based it would likely only last for a few days of continuous write 
before it should be tossed in the dumpster.

Bob
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