[OpenIndiana-discuss] SSD as a dedicated swap device

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Sat, 12 Dec 2015, Ian Collins wrote:
>
> Eh? every contemporary desktop/server OS has and uses virtual memory. The 
> need for backing store for swapping is much less these days, but it is still 
> used and supported.

Virtual memory is used even when there is no swap device.  For 
example, it is used for shared library and executable loading and to 
access the video card frame buffer.  Without a swap device there is no 
place to store "dirty" pages.

Bob
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