[GRLUG] Solid State Drives

[David Pembrook]

Michael Mol wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 1:33 PM, David Pembrook <david at pembrook.net> wrote:
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>> Michael Mol wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 7:58 PM,  <topher at wcsg.org> wrote:
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>> Could one use a usb mem stick for swap? they are real cheep (disposable)
>> and getting faster. I'd got a 2gb flash drive I've been tempted to play
>> with more.
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>
> Remember what swap is...it's an on-disk representation of data that
> should by all rights be in RAM, but there's no room for it at the
> moment.  That means that having your swap drive go bad is tantamount
> to random memory corruption.
>
> That said, I've tasted that fruit in the past, and it's pretty sweet.
> :-)  If you go that route, buy a KINGMAX USB stick.  That's as
> physically small as you're going to find, so there's less risk of
> bumping it and breaking it or your USB port.
>
>   
ya, that is a downside but its cheep enough to toss when it dies. Odd 
thing is, I have a 2gb flash drive for the os and i'd have a 4gb memory 
stick for swap. The prices sure have come down.