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Date:      Sat, 12 May 2018 08:39:52 -0700
From:      Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: swapfile question
Message-ID:  <CAFuo_fxUspphdS3eiX99gzkesDxuZw%2BVbxHbfZj7phEPvr-C_w@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 6:51 AM, tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> 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.
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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/


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Waitman Gobble
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650-621-0423



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