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Dont use swap on laptops with emmc ssd's or with ssd's period. Constant read writes will wear them out quickly. Just get more ram.
by c-c-c-c-c 6y ago
Dont use swap on laptops with emmc ssd's or with ssd's period. Constant read writes will wear them out quickly.
Just get more ram.
- 3np 6y agoAlternatively (or complimentary) to "get more RAM", to prevent system ping south as RAM fills up set vm.swappiness to 0 or 1, and configure an OOMKiller (anyone have thoughts on which is "best"?).
- pongo1231 6y agoThis used to be case with consumer SSDs many years ago, nowadays the effect it has on the life span of an SSD is marginal. I had (and still have) my swap file / pagefile on my cheap laptop with 4GB RAM on the SSD it came with for 5 years now and the SSD is still perfectly fine.