minus-squareIsThisLoss [comrade/them]@hexbear.nettoLinux@lemmy.ml•How bad is my partitioning?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·14 days agoSolid state drives have a finite number of write cycles. Using a portion of it for random access MASSSIVELY increases the amount of write cycles that are performed in regular operation. linkfedilink
minus-squareIsThisLoss [comrade/them]@hexbear.nettoLinux@lemmy.ml•How bad is my partitioning?linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·18 days agoSwap on an ssd greatly accelerates the time before the drive fails. I would recommend removing it. linkfedilink
Solid state drives have a finite number of write cycles. Using a portion of it for random access MASSSIVELY increases the amount of write cycles that are performed in regular operation.