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To be clear, then, I would not use a 16GB DIMM of RAM for swap. I would use all the RAM I had as RAM. Having something faster than an SSD for swap would be a w
by carbocation 10y ago
To be clear, then, I would not use a 16GB DIMM of RAM for swap. I would use all the RAM I had as RAM.
Having something faster than an SSD for swap would be a win; hence my original point. Specifically, if the latency is only 10x higher than RAM (as shown in the image I linked to), then it would allow for trade offs to be made from an engineering perspective regarding scaling up vs scaling out.