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Date:      Mon, 5 Feb 2018 10:48:43 +0000
From:      Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Swap on SSD
Message-ID:  <20180205104843.0868711878b3ca277d9dce5f@sohara.org>
In-Reply-To: <26877DEB-034F-422B-918F-2A0D1C381537@kreme.com>
References:  <26877DEB-034F-422B-918F-2A0D1C381537@kreme.com>

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On Sun, 4 Feb 2018 04:19:25 -0700
"@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> wrote:

> I have a machine that has dual SSDs in it and no spinning disks. FreeBSD
> has a 4GB (or so) swap partition that it created on the installation of
> FreeBSD 11.1.
> 
> Isn't this going to cause problems for the SSD to have swap constantly
> working the drive?

	If swap activity is constantly working the drive then you have a
problem (add RAM or reduce workload) anyway. With an SSD the performance
problem will be less painful than with a hard disc so for a system that is
well sized to its load an SSD is a great solution for swap, rarely used but
fast when needed.

-- 
Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>



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