From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat May 12 15:39:54 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24DFBFABE4D for ; Sat, 12 May 2018 15:39:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gobble.wa@gmail.com) Received: from mail-vk0-x22d.google.com (mail-vk0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400c:c05::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B567B862FD for ; Sat, 12 May 2018 15:39:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gobble.wa@gmail.com) Received: by mail-vk0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id n134-v6so815247vke.12 for ; Sat, 12 May 2018 08:39:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=MdNa/eFV292OnCC9rDfncbmP+s9T9C6kk2EZHJ/LxH0=; b=CA2B+pIisxlN9kanjXNm13yjDp1b6JbX55pR9n8ZZJBHVLCITnXfz/XRsYdOvxzjqb dUTNaMFzM6wJBr9jJIzLyRWi5Tep0BPLffI+oTgJSXnUkdNf0jKIfOC7NMnnkrAA4yoN SNOTR0R9q8uJZ2X9Pdbdc9EcqLV3x9rRfX5HHILQmPfYuRaY7hjSLwqzDmd91VBqpCJQ AL41QeBb13HeFrjfAbY10+Lf3ZLp6pviwhPV3FJIk0+0uaSMW+aKguu4KqurHgH9xeu4 1OT6Gc+Q8uRYzeeAUy9mkgZXiWmQUN28r2UwZeRCPayEVbAzAMsU7zjx4FONfjPavC3X AbOA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=MdNa/eFV292OnCC9rDfncbmP+s9T9C6kk2EZHJ/LxH0=; b=WIKcNEOwoTEt+14KiPUyj63Jnh3tR98IpNNZjnvFSNAKUjPZzBpYZRKVCsFDTMVRHc vCUTIqsDUw5kZEHEzsdzuXCDlxBd8+eM/nsRjnPLxa8ro+YC203wDAqA6JfrMTWnRUXF uw/K+7ArbaML8EwqdEtKENYR1wzF94OkixtR/Niw+4ddH7n96a//uKxUEkFuFgBl5/wC lGhTQMigbmNDeNnYM9kDB/84Xhjug/Au3YYjMLHOlYFQMe2UwTcs1rW0ED9eTjXgJn1g xMAb2mBTHXJUwBWT31JwwWLzXoyIGcODJu2jAIO0KLbuikdmPEZp0izlSW8Ey+9bSEAK 3azw== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwdkQoLihPGYg4xdedn1RjEjHyPjqZqEayEvwM8Xmca+ETgILd+t TNW5C8fE/qt/DcMp6B53wWWQfE0eoTmmRqWaePn6DQ== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AB8JxZohPRwrT1YLtcYKgk2bqr1ssDkupHy73x2AFcFdlv/wZPpfAgQgZyydjKa59PJ5EqP1gFMAuYC1cmErtUygscs= X-Received: by 2002:a1f:de04:: with SMTP id v4-v6mr5313418vkg.87.1526139592893; Sat, 12 May 2018 08:39:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.103.21.133 with HTTP; Sat, 12 May 2018 08:39:52 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <09eab1d4-3dd8-3530-bdbf-b436ec6aeeed@zyxst.net> References: <09eab1d4-3dd8-3530-bdbf-b436ec6aeeed@zyxst.net> From: Waitman Gobble Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 08:39:52 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: swapfile question To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 15:39:54 -0000 On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 6:51 AM, tech-lists wrote: > Hi, > > In a SSD/amd64/ufs2/freebsd-11 context, which is faster: > > 1. swap as a partition on the ssd > 2. swap as a file on the ssd > > If one is faster than the other, why? To what extent? > > thanks, > -- > J. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" Don't swap. 1 and 2 are both slower. I use Warren Block's SSD setup and create swap file, seems to work A-OK. http://www.wonkity.com/~wblock/docs/ -- Waitman Gobble Los Altos California USA 650-621-0423