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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] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought about that after making my post.

Just like there are shitloads of bad SD cards (no-name, unbranded, generic, etc.), it's just as cheap and easy for any random company to produce their own SSD and get it in circulation on the market just like legitimate SSDs.

Any SSD that could be damaged by a swap file is not an SSD you should have anywhere near your system in the first place (even if you never plan on putting a swap file on it).

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

Oh, that makes sense... Now I'm concerned bout mine