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On Thursday 25 May 2017 04:45:24 Martin Vaeth wrote: |
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> Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o> wrote: |
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> > For similar needs I found zswap the most suitable, it's so much |
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> > better than zram: |
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> This sounds like one is an alternative to the other. |
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> This is not the case. It can even make sense to use them together. |
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> For instance, the swap device necessarily required for zswap |
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> can be a zram device. Whether this is advantegous depends on your |
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> usage pattern and swappiness value. |
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Do either of these reduce the effect of (spinning) drive thrashing and desktop |
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latency increasing when swapping takes place? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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