X-Received: by 10.182.34.200 with SMTP id b8mr17648101obj.48.1404019797495; Sat, 28 Jun 2014 22:29:57 -0700 (PDT) Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!news.glorb.com!uq10no16634903igb.0!news-out.google.com!a8ni1461qaq.1!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: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:29:56 -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> <874mz496r6.fld@barrow.com> <280620141555147959%nospam@nospam.invalid> <87vbrk7nsm.fld@barrow.com> <280620141802446932%nospam@nospam.invalid> <87fvio7c61.fld@barrow.com> <280620142339158403%nospam@nospam.invalid> From: floyd@apaflo.com (Floyd L. Davidson) Organization: __________ Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2014 21:29:46 -0800 Message-ID: <87y4wg5lmd.fld@barrow.com> User-Agent: gnus 5.10.6/XEmacs 21.4.15/Linux 2.6.19 Cancel-Lock: sha1:ue9vG9Hk0fa83e2GuPnutiB1kKw= MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 17 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.237.125.254 X-Trace: sv3-98utqw3eV25Y0K0uGiC9yNvsvOERtBHqE7EN7RM7Na6gmH3j85SEH65MmJqSwgbp/bB6g9IHWHD3/fj!6Y+GFAlk6PDGGWF1yaELmHSptFMeSVOeXoKKkH0qnD+MmHObiSiwlhH7FeCx27ykr8mKe9eo 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: 2116 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage:5560 comp.sys.mac.hardware.storage:452 comp.os.linux.hardware:2471 comp.os.linux.setup:3640 nospam wrote: >In article <87fvio7c61.fld@barrow.com>, Floyd L. Davidson > wrote: >> I've got a box here that typically shows a load average well into >> double digits when I'm editing images. It has never swapped out >> a running program. > >how much memory and how many apps are you running? without specifics, >your statement is meaningless. And hence my statement had meaning, while your reply doesn't... :-) Look up "load average" to begin with... -- Floyd L. Davidson http://www.apaflo.com/ Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) floyd@apaflo.com