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minus-squareLordOfTheChia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 months agoAnother reason for going with a swap file vs partition (if you need either) are nvme and SSD drives. A partition that’s only a few GB and written to constantly will wear out a solid state drive quickly. Using a swap file in a larger partition that has other data allows the drive to even out the wear across more storage cells.
Another reason for going with a swap file vs partition (if you need either) are nvme and SSD drives.
A partition that’s only a few GB and written to constantly will wear out a solid state drive quickly.
Using a swap file in a larger partition that has other data allows the drive to even out the wear across more storage cells.