On 2017-09-18 16:33, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
On 09/18/2017 06:23 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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.
We've been using SSD's for root and swap partitions on scientific workstations and servers since 2008 or so, and we've never had a problem. Indeed, the first one I installed is still working after running 24/7 for nine years. Writing to SSD's may be slower than reading, but the writing is still MUCH faster than writing to spinning disks. I'd give it a try, Carlos. Your motherboard does support SATA, right?
It does, yes. I might have a think at using one SSD disk as cache for the rotating disks. I have four, the smaller is 2TB. Dunno, it is not easy.
BTW, I installed my latest server a few weeks ago that has 512-GB of ECC RAM, and my users have still managed to fill it up and overflow to swap. Yes, SSD drives for root and swap too. Leap 42.3 really screams on it!
You got me drooling. ;-) -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.2 x86_64 "Malachite" (Minas Tirith))