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MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com]; IP_SCORE_FREEMAIL(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_SOME(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[148.187.163.66.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; IP_SCORE(0.00)[ip: (4.29), ipnet: 66.163.184.0/21(1.16), asn: 36646(0.93), country: US(-0.05)] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 08:25:09 -0000 On Fri, 14 Feb 2020 at 03:30, Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:10:07 -0700, @lbutlr wrote: > >Swap is written a lot and SSDs can fail faster if they are constantly > >being written to. > > Hi, > > SSDs are made for read and write access. Treating SSDs with kid gloves > is grotesque. Yes, using SSDs does wear out SSDs. However, using HDDs > does wear out HDDs and using door locks, does wear out door locks. > IMHO, having SSDs and little RAM is useless. One can have the best of both worlds by putting the base system on a SSD and then mount some directories on tmpfs. ("sudo find / -type d -name cache" is a good start) -- Ottavio Caruso