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Is using a swap partition (on linux) bad for an SSD's lifetime? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Does having swap memory damage SSDs too much, what do you think about it?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

SSDs have a limited number of lifetime writes.

Yes, but in the real world it is not a concern. The number of writes you can do is so huge that you will never come even near it, and the speed boost from SSD far far outweighs it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/storage-at-microsoft/understanding-ssd-endurance-drive-writes-per-day-dwpd-terabytes/ba-p/426024

Good summary.

It should last a long time but I have exhausted multiple disks. Just depends on your workloads and lifespan