Quills@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoIs using a swap partition (on linux) bad for an SSD's lifetime?message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up143arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up143arrow-down1message-squareIs using a swap partition (on linux) bad for an SSD's lifetime?Quills@sh.itjust.works to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBitingChaos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoMy thought on this: If it was bad, wouldn’t we know by now? SSD-only systems have been a thing for over a decade, and SSDs themselves have been around for decades. If standard swap files damage SSDs, someone probably would have said something.
minus-squareyeehaw@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoExactly. I think I’m still running my original SSD. I had only one die and it was definitely an issue with the disk, not the writes, since it lasted only a year.
minus-squarer00ty@kbin.lifelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoOn one hand, yes. But, at the same time I think this is why we’re seeing an influx of cheap SSDs onto the market. Just like the early LED bulbs generally last a long time, but modern ones are created more cheaply and overloaded such that they don’t last so long. I wonder if the latest very cheap SSDs will have anything like the kind of longevity older drives do.
My thought on this:
If it was bad, wouldn’t we know by now?
SSD-only systems have been a thing for over a decade, and SSDs themselves have been around for decades.
If standard swap files damage SSDs, someone probably would have said something.
Exactly. I think I’m still running my original SSD. I had only one die and it was definitely an issue with the disk, not the writes, since it lasted only a year.
Makes sense…
On one hand, yes. But, at the same time I think this is why we’re seeing an influx of cheap SSDs onto the market.
Just like the early LED bulbs generally last a long time, but modern ones are created more cheaply and overloaded such that they don’t last so long.
I wonder if the latest very cheap SSDs will have anything like the kind of longevity older drives do.