On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Patrick Shanahan <paka@opensuse.org> wrote:
* Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> [09-18-17 09:49]:
On 2017-09-18 15:39, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Carlos E. R. <robin.listas@telefonica.net> [09-18-17 09:24]:
Hi,
I need more ram than my 8GiB, but my board doesn't allow it. I use swap, but Leap is very slow when swapping; I have the feeling that it is slower than other releases.
So I wonder if there is some type of small hard disk that can be used for fast swap. SSD? Would it wear out? SSD is typically slow at writing.
ssd would be much faster for swap than revolving rust.
But often not for write, and has a limited number of ops.
I have a machine with an SSD for main disk and feels slow.
Is this a desktop? If so, for ~$20 you can buy a NVMe SSD controller card. It fits into a PCIe slot. (Assuming you have an empty slot). NVMe SSDs scream. Mine benchmarks above 1.5 GB/sec. (That's B for Bytes, not b for bits). I have openSUSE 42.2 running on it. But I have plenty of RAM, so I don't think the PC ever swaps. Not as fast as RAM, but 10x the speed of rotating drives even if you ignore seek times. I have 2 of the NVMe SSDs. One was way expensive (2 TB). But the Samsung PM951 128GB is under $100. Greg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org