[OpenIndiana-discuss] SSD as a dedicated swap device

[Jason Matthews]

Funny. I recommend getting more ram. Ram is cheap, compared to the past. 

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> On Dec 11, 2015, at 5:24 PM, Reginald Beardsley via openindiana-discuss <openindiana-discuss at openindiana.org> wrote:
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> My long standing rule is swap = 8 x core.  This is primarily to accommodate having a large number of PDFs and other processes open at the same time.  Many MCU manuals run 1000+ pages. But sometimes I just want to run a ridiculously large problem.  Disk space is cheap, so there's no benefit to saving it.  In my case 128 GB of HDD costs under $4.  It's not worth the nuisance of running out of space. 
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> NB:  I am merely commenting on what I do, I am NOT recommending it to others.  Make your own decisions based on your needs.  I have no desire to revisit the flame wars of the 80's.
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> Reg
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