Quills@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-211 months agoIs using a swap partition (on linux) bad for an SSD's lifetime?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up155arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareIs using a swap partition (on linux) bad for an SSD's lifetime?Quills@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-211 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekev@lemmy.kevhomeit.tradelinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·11 months agoBut the swap partition is only used when you run out of ram right? If I have enough ram I should not worry about that.
minus-squareWyrryel@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 months agoNo, it’s used much more often. How often is determined by a value called swapiness.
But the swap partition is only used when you run out of ram right? If I have enough ram I should not worry about that.
No, it’s used much more often. How often is determined by a value called swapiness.
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