X-Received: by 10.42.15.197 with SMTP id m5mr10032016ica.31.1403983505600; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 12:25:05 -0700 (PDT) Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!uq10no15869347igb.0!news-out.google.com!q9ni1906qaj.0!nntp.google.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.posted.gcicommunications!news.posted.gcicommunications.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 14:25:03 -0500 Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.hdd,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup Subject: Re: Is it true that it is a bad idea to put a swap/pagefile on a SSD? References: <280620141511008709%nospam@nospam.invalid> From: floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) Organization: __________ Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 11:25:01 -0800 Message-ID: <874mz496r6.fld@barrow.com> User-Agent: gnus 5.10.6/XEmacs 21.4.15/Linux 2.6.19 Cancel-Lock: sha1:7jxjb/KRhGct9JBS1zBSN4Lj4Mc= MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 31 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.237.125.254 X-Trace: sv3-aC3pQu1YRNlkYSHoS9wxznZLDf9fsGwv43LsVngeqrMcP0k5dGAVl+/CTspKXJtw9DQ7H7BRJDfB/7g!nxM+keiWL3H/Ki2RrODWrBcXrI5xSAv3LSa0bZQvnyFeewMg8Yz9aARY7bfdEV4RtUHHWPVj X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 X-Original-Bytes: 2499 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:5551 comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:443 comp.os.linux.hardware:2456 comp.os.linux.setup:3625 nospam wrote: >In article , Ant > wrote: > >> Because that wears out the SSD quickly, and it is better to put it on a >> slow HDD. If so, then how do computer (especially laptop/notebook) users >> with only a SSD (not hybrids with HDDs) do this? I assume Windows, Mac >> OS X, and Linux follow this rule? > >ssd doesn't wear out that quickly and you'll probably replace the >computer before the ssd wears out, even with swap on it. "Even" with swap? Swapping is something that should be relatively rare. It's there to prevent a major disaster on the odd occasion when there isn't enough memory. The oddness of those occasions should result in minisule wear on the swap device. In effect, it is not sound policy to use an expensive fast device for swap, as the benefit is just exceedingly small. >some ssds even have 10 year warranties. good luck finding a hard drive >with a warranty anywhere near that long. True, which just adds to reasons for doing the right thing in the first place. -- Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/ Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@apaflo.com