On a machine with an SSD instead of a hard disk, swapping greatly reduces the lifespan of the storage device.
On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Bertram Felgenhauer < bertram.felgenha...@googlemail.com> wrote: > George Colpitts wrote: > > I'm curious why the amount of RAM is relevant as all of our OS have > virtual > > memory so it is only the size of the heap and the amount of swap that > > should be relevant for an Out Of Memory error, right? > > The computer may not be your own. VPSs are essentially priced based on > RAM available to the virtual server, and have limited swapping space, > so this is an area where increased memory consumption hurts. Building > binaries elsewhere is usually an option, but more painful than doing > it on the VPS itself. > > Cheers, > > Bertram > _______________________________________________ > Glasgow-haskell-users mailing list > Glasgow-haskell-users@haskell.org > http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/glasgow-haskell-users >
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