On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 08:16:22PM -0600, Chuck Cole wrote: > Regardless of the other issues, flash RAM has a limited read/write > lifetime unlike "regular" RAM or a hard disk. And this, folks is why you don't use flash-based storage for read-write intensive operations, such as swap. Just don't do it. It's not a good idea at all. If you want swap, use a hard-drive. If you want high performance for swap, put it on the outside cylinders of your hard-drive (the last partition). Better yet, have multiple hard drives and put it on the end of each disk. Linux understands how to increase performance across multiple swap devices. Also remember, the "swap = 2 * Physical RAM" is no longer necessary, especially when you start getting into large amounts of physical memory. Swap equal to physical is about as much as you need today, and I generally use less. Anyway, back to the grind. -- Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> http://www.wookimus.net/ assert(expired(knowledge)); /* core dump */