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ASN(0.00)[asn:36646, ipnet:66.163.184.0/21, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com,pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[yahoo.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:14:32 -0000 On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 14:34, tech-lists wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 06:03:26PM +0000, Ottavio Caruso via freebsd-questions wrote: > >It's usually not a good idea to have swap on a SSD. > > Why is this? A simple Google search would tell you. There are contrasting opinions on the subject, but this has been discussed to death in the last 10+ years. I personally wouldn't put a swap partition on a SSD, unless it's dedicated SSD and you're willing to replace it if/when it fails. -- Ottavio Caruso