[vox-tech] ssd and swap

[Brian Lavender]

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 07:34:58AM -0700, Scott Miller wrote:
> Anyone using an SSD? I've got one on the way to use as a boot drive,
> and am pondering not having swap at all. Is this crazy?
> 
> In the Windows world I see persons advising turning off the Windows
> page file when using an SSD.
> 
> I have a lot of ram: 8GB. :) But is it risky to not have a swap?
> Thanks for your input,

I have two mini 9s with SSD and 2 GB ram and no swap. They both seem to run
well. Just don't use apps that hog a lot of memory or leak it or test
that for successful allocation. 

8 GB sounds like a lot. 

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Brian Lavender
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