[GRLUG] Solid State Drives

[Tim Schmidt]

On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Collin Kidder <adderd at kkmfg.com> wrote:
> There really is no danger in leaving cruft in RAM so long as there is
> still free RAM. It is only when the RAM has been nearly exhausted that
> things need to be removed. It's a balancing act because it takes a long
> time to save things to swap and a long time to get them back (compared
> to RAM speed.) A tiny bit of swap usage (say, upwards of 10-15% of your
> RAM size or 250MB whichever is smaller) can help things out. Past that
> it's an albatross around your neck and you just need more RAM.

Agreed in principle.  Some swap usage is always good, a lot of swap
usage is always bad.  Everything in moderation.  :D

--tim