Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Daniel Troeder <daniel@×××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] swap on ssd?
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 07:37:09
Message-Id: 50B31BB8.8050703@admin-box.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] swap on ssd? by Neil Bothwick
1 On 26.11.2012 00:18, Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Mon, 26 Nov 2012 06:46:28 +0800, William Kenworthy wrote:
3 >
4 >> Has anyone tried swap on ssd? - has it killed the drive prematurely? -
5 >> any other effects?
6 >
7 > Yes, no, improved virtual memory performance.
8 +1
9
10 > SSDs aren't cheapo SD cards, they are meant to be written to. A storage
11 > device that broke if you tried to store stuff on it would break trading
12 > laws in any civilised country.
13 +1
14
15 Even if the SSD failed inside the 2 year guerantee time - you'd get a
16 new one for free. And in 2y you'll need the new mobo anyway - so there's
17 nothing to loose.
18
19
20 --
21 PGP key @
22 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x837FB8B5BB9D4887
23 # gpg --recv-keys --keyserver hkp://subkeys.pgp.net 0xBB9D4887

Attachments

File name MIME type
signature.asc application/pgp-signature