Quills@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoIs using a swap partition (on linux) bad for an SSD's lifetime?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up144arrow-down1message-squareIs using a swap partition (on linux) bad for an SSD's lifetime?Quills@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWyrryel@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoNo, it’s used much more often. How often is determined by a value called swapiness.
minus-squarejet@hackertalks.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year ago100% this. An aggressive memory manager could preemptively write everything from memory to swap even though it’s still in memory, in case it has to evict it quickly.
No, it’s used much more often. How often is determined by a value called swapiness.
100% this. An aggressive memory manager could preemptively write everything from memory to swap even though it’s still in memory, in case it has to evict it quickly.