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Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 16:09:06 +0700
From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
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Subject: Re: "swap" partition leads to instability?
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Hi,

On Sun, 26 May 2013 01:58:32 -0700 (PDT)
"M. V." <bored_to_death85@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have a 24/7 network server/gateway with FreeBSD-8.2 on a SSD drive.
> it's partitioned as normal (/ , /tmp, /var , /usr and swap) for a
> long time now. But recently I heard from a FreeBSD expert that I
> shouldn't have swap partition for my server, and having swap
> partition could make my server unstable. this was so strange for me,
> and I searched a lot but couldn't find a reason for this claim.
> 
because it is a false claim. I never ever have had any system with
working hard, that gave a problem because of the swap space.

Erich