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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] swap on ssd?
Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:03:59
Message-Id: 1893094.kyWjK3eZCV@energy
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] swap on ssd? by William Kenworthy
1 Am Montag, 26. November 2012, 08:23:44 schrieb William Kenworthy:
2 > On Mon, 2012-11-26 at 00:02 +0100, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
3 > > Am Montag, 26. November 2012, 06:46:28 schrieb William Kenworthy:
4 > > > Has anyone tried swap on ssd? - has it killed the drive prematurely? -
5 > > > any other effects?
6 > > >
7 > > > I have a system that is maxed with with 4G ram and tends to use swap
8 > > > heavily at times which slows things down ... so I am thinking a small
9 > > > ssd might help here.
10 > >
11 > > you know what helps even more? replacing those 4g with 8g.
12 >
13 > I would if I could - physical max is 4G ...
14 >
15
16 so the 4gb are sitting on the mobo itself? Or are we talking about some system
17 from the bronze ages which does not accept sticks bigger than 512mb - and you
18 put 8 into it?
19
20 either way, new board+8gb will make you happier than a destroyed ssd.
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