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It's good, and Aws shouldn't disable it by default, but it won't save the system from OOM.
by gchamonlive 1y ago
It's good, and Aws shouldn't disable it by default, but it won't save the system from OOM.
- matt-p 1y agoI bet there's a big "burns through our SSDs faster" spreadsheet column or similar that caused it to be disabled.
- gchamonlive 1y agoMaybe. Or maybe it's an arbitrary decision. Many won't enable swap. For some swap wouldn't help anyways, but others it could help soak up spikes. The latter in some cases will upgrade to a larger instance without even evaluating if swap could help, generating AWS more money. Either way it's far-fetched to derive intention from the fact.