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| From | "whacker james" <wj852@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| 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? |
| Date | 2014-07-04 09:02 +1000 |
| Message-ID | <c1m5q8Fd5cuU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <obKdnU708pAllTLOnZ2dnUVZ_rKdnZ2d@earthlink.com> <53b4f520$1@news.bnb-lp.com> <lp3jbu$j5b$1@dont-email.me> <030720141431590984%nospam@nospam.invalid> <lp4936$m7u$1@news.albasani.net> |
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"The Natural Philosopher" <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:lp4936$m7u$1@news.albasani.net... > On 03/07/14 19:31, nospam wrote: >> In article <lp3jbu$j5b$1@dont-email.me>, Charles T. Smith >> <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> 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? >>>> >>>> Yeah, worrying about the lifespan of an SSD is useless, it'll outlast >>>> any hard drive these days. Just put the pagefile on it, if you like. >>>> >>>> Yousuf Khan >>> >>> Can you refer to any professionally done publications substantiating >>> that? Or is it just your gut feeling? >> >> there have been many such tests, some of which were posted to this >> thread. >> >> some ssd makers offer as much as a 10 year warranty, which is unheard >> of for hard drives, because they know it will last longer. >> > Indeed. A friend of mine who plays with extremely large mathematical > matrices - tens of gigabytes sized ones - and runs computations 24x7 - > used to wear his hard drives out in just under the warranty period. > > About a year. I don’t believe that given that servers don’t.
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Re: Is it true that it is a bad idea to put a swap/pagefile on a SSD? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2014-06-29 16:53 -0400
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