Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 18:48:18 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, "M. V." <bored_to_death85@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: "swap" partition leads to instability? Message-ID: <CA%2BtpaK106Fu0dKmR-4_e3ZjnjoMb3ZrjWEscXX99v1qj4BzCJw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305261724050.29348@wonkity.com> References: <1369558712.96152.YahooMailNeo@web165006.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> <20130526160906.4e379016@X220.ovitrap.com> <20130526113235.f5dbe768.freebsd@edvax.de> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1305261724050.29348@wonkity.com>
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On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 6:32 PM, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > Another problem with SSDs is that they can have difficulty with wear > leveling. This is even worse with swap because there is no way to use TRIM > to tell the SSD about blocks that have been freed. Um, that is wrong. It is in fact the basically the point of TRIM. And SSD's typically use the best form of wear leveling and it's usually advisable to leave a bit of the drive unpartitioned/unused to ensure the wear leveling works optimally. -- Adam Vande More
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