Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 18:10:07 -0700 From: "@lbutlr" <kremels@kreme.com> To: FreeBSD <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: questions about swap (partition and file) Message-ID: <B28A31BE-0AF4-430C-86F4-7BBCF4E85E12@kreme.com> In-Reply-To: <20200213143411.GA14144@bastion.zyxst.net> References: <20200211155009.GA9715@bastion.zyxst.net> <r1uqaa$2vel$1@ciao.gmane.io> <20200213143411.GA14144@bastion.zyxst.net>
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On 13 Feb 2020, at 07:34, tech-lists <tech-lists@zyxst.net> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 06:03:26PM +0000, Ottavio Caruso via = freebsd-questions wrote: >>=20 >> It's usually not a good idea to have swap on a SSD. >=20 > Why is this?=20 > For clarity, I mean a proper SSD not sdcard Swap is written a lot and SSDs can fail faster if they are constantly = being written to. It=E2=80=99s not really that much of an issue with a modern SSD, but if = you have a server that is really writing a lot to swap. Get more RAM and = put swap on a rust drive. --=20 "Are you pondering what I'm pondering?" "I think so, Brain, but practicing docking procedures with a goat at zero G's=E2=80=94it's never been done!=E2=80=9D
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