X-Received: by 10.66.165.165 with SMTP id yz5mr18428841pab.37.1404004822367; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:20:22 -0700 (PDT) Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!uq10no16361477igb.0!news-out.google.com!q9ni2155qaj.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 20:20:20 -0500 Newsgroups: 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> <874mz496r6.fld@barrow.com> <280620141555147959%nospam@nospam.invalid> <87vbrk7nsm.fld@barrow.com> <280620141802446932%nospam@nospam.invalid> From: floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) Organization: __________ Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 17:20:14 -0800 Message-ID: <87bntc7bqp.fld@barrow.com> User-Agent: gnus 5.10.6/XEmacs 21.4.15/Linux 2.6.19 Cancel-Lock: sha1:2XEo+TLAFyaafQx3o4dwxJoE/wI= MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 26 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.237.125.254 X-Trace: sv3-5YUa6Fw6N+RI9Ll6OWhyb4OsvKdegzRMYeMh3vMjz/l+AbNDWNwj/JSjq+Hh/WfFSXC3qYyfa7lOhxS!4kEwIepkHCLznasUJl4C9JtvfdjHWw2R8aCr++LtA6O6+bfIwY+m7Lkb8+5o54p0Lj4SKK6Y 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: 2317 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.hardware:2467 comp.os.linux.setup:3636 Larry Blanchard wrote: >On Sat, 28 Jun 2014 18:02:44 -0400, nospam wrote: > >> what matters is the computers that people actually have and what they do >> on them, not how you think it should be. > >pot vs kettle ???? Not really, because nospam is just plain wrong. He responded as above to this statement: "Computers that "don't do much of anything" don't need or use that type of effective design. But those with real loads do." There is no pot or kettle in that. You and I posted a pair of examples that shows exactly how opposite from reality his concept is. In fact there are many large busy computer systems that are purposely configured to not require ever using swap space. The reason is simple: running out of swap space is unconscionably slow, and to be avoided. -- Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/ Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@apaflo.com