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how to choose suitable SSD write durability TBW for pgrade or new computer? [closed]

I searched many reviews and descriptions about SSD specifications but couldn't find convincing information. Write durability of the memory cells TBW seems to be the most important, but how to review ...
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Create Linux swap on external USB 3 hard drive

I have an external USB 3 hard drive USB 3 port on Debian, and I would like to create a swap partition on that drive which drive also holds the partitions for databases and other high-volume stuff. ...
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Is it a good idea to move the page file to a non-system drive? [duplicate]

I have 2 drives on my box: a primary, fairly small, SSD drive and a huge regular hard drive. I am running out of space on my SSD drive. I already have instructions on how to move it, but I would ...
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Will a swap file not slow down the system so much if a solid-state drive is used?

When RAM runs out on a computer, the swap file is used, and then the system can become quite slow. But if the notebook or desktop is using SSD nowadays, will it be less of a concern? (Updated Oct ...
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Virtual Memory and SSDs [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Virtual Memory and SSD On a Windows 7 system, isn't it more beneficial to leave the page file ON the SSD versus moving it over to a HDD? I've heard some say if you move it off ...
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Virtual Memory and SSD

While studying for the A+ Exam I was reading about SSD's and I thought to myself that if you had a mobo with a low RAM limit you could use a dedicated SSD purely for Virtual RAM. I looked up some ...
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Should I have a page file? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Should I keep my swap file on an SSD drive? I have 16GB RAM and an SSD (actually two in RAID 0 configuration, but one for argument's sake). My CPU is very powerful, as is the ...
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SSDNow100VS2 Page File (Windows 7) [duplicate]

Possible Duplicates: How to control RAM / swap usage Should I keep my swap file on an SSD drive? I just put an SSDNow100VS2 into my laptop, with Windows 7 Ultimate 64, and 4GB of ram. I'm a ...
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Disadvantages of using a swap file/partition on an SSD, even when swappiness is set to 0 [closed]

What are the disadvantages of using a swap file/partition on an SSD, even when swappiness is set to 0 I'm particularly interested in the /proc/sys/vm/swappiness=0 case. How much writes are still done,...
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My computer is set up to boot from SSD, should I change the location of my page file? [duplicate]

My computer is set up to boot from a solid state drive (SSD). Should I change where my page file is located? Specifically, should I put it on my IDE hard disk?
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Releasing swap space

At times the kernel seems to be intent on keeping e.g. firefox in swap, even though there is enough physical memory available and I'm using firefox: robert@rm:~> free -m total ...
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