Interesting. A normal cache on the front end of an SSD system would likely help too. One thing I *can* say, having experienced it, is *don't* use the Lacie drive that has a fingerprint reader on it and substitute an SSD for the normal drive... (not that it wears out, but it seems to keep losing connection (reminds me that I need to find a firewire 800 enclosure to put my SSD into))
Mike On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 1:24 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > The only thing I recall having problems with after disabling my swap > file in Windows were some games that looked for a swap file and wouldn’t > run if there wasn’t one (or it wasn’t big enough). I think one was Company > of Heroes. It didn’t actually **need** to use the swap file as the PC has > 16 GB of RAM, but it wouldn’t run unless it detected it.**** > > ** ** > > Not having a swap file on the SSD is mostly myth/misinformation. I’ve read > several articles about this and the conclusion seems to be that if > deliberately create a workload of 100% writes non-stop to a consumer-level > SSD it will still last at least a couple of years (see below for a link to > an (admittedly older) article that notes a theoretical lifetime of 51 > years!). Anandtech has a more recent article with a more realistic load > which still shows your SSD will be too small and slow well before it runs > out of writes.**** > > ** ** > > Over time as the process size shrinks NAND cells used by SSDs have become * > *worse** with respect to the rated lifetime in terms of number of writes, > but wear levelling, over-provisioning and controller write amplification > performance has improved to compensate. If I had needed a swap file and had > an SSD in the system I would definitely use it.**** > > ** ** > > Here are some links for further reading.**** > > > http://superuser.com/questions/51724/should-i-keep-my-swap-file-on-an-ssd-drive > **** > > > http://www.anandtech.com/show/6459/samsung-ssd-840-testing-the-endurance-of-tlc-nand > **** > > http://www.storagesearch.com/ssdmyths-endurance.html **** > > ** ** > > Cheers,**** > > Ben**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *mike smith > *Sent:* Friday, 9 August 2013 10:12 AM > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: Swap File [Was: 240GB SSD?]**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > > On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 10:46 AM, James Chapman-Smith < > [email protected]> wrote:**** > > What's the deal with not having a swap file?**** > > **** > > I've heard that there are some programs in Windows that require a swap > file to function. Or is that just BS?**** > > ** ** > > The VMM probably needs one. :^)**** > > **** > > **** > > In the past I've run without one and things have seemed fine, but I'd like > to know if I can get rid of it or not? Especially since I'm using an SSD > drive now.**** > > ** ** > > What I've heard about SSD's, its not a good idea to have the swap file on > the SSD. Depending on the number of write cycles they are good for. Are > people still hitting end-of-life on SSD's? (and is this just regarded as > cost of business for the advantages they give?)**** > > **** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Stuart Kinnear > *Sent:* Friday, 9 August 2013 08:34 > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* Re: 240GB SSD?**** > > **** > > **** > > MSY usually is quite price competitive. I have an OCZ vertex and am happy > with it. I once fiddled with moving temp files & placing to a SATA drive, > now I don't bother. With enough ram you can also do without a swap file.** > ** > > **** > > Here's some reviews: > http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/vertex-450-256gb-review,3517-6.html*** > * > > **** > > - Stuart Kinnear**** > > **** > > **** > > **** > > On 9 August 2013 08:46, Corneliu I. Tusnea <[email protected]> wrote: > **** > > Hi,**** > > **** > > What's a good, fast and reliable SSD these days? My old HDD from my home > workstation decided it's that time of it's lifetime when work is no longer > on its books so I need to replace it.**** > > **** > > PS>> Maybe also a place I could buy it and pick it up today.**** > > **** > > Thanks,**** > > Corneliu.**** > > > > **** > > **** > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Stuart Kinnear > Mobile: 040 704 5686. Office: 03 9589 6502 > > SK Pro-Active! Pty Ltd > acn. 81 072 778 262 > PO Box 6117 Cromer, Vic 3193. 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