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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