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On 13/03/2026 14:16, Theo wrote:
> The Natural Philosopher <
tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> I think that is an interesting summary, the point being made that speed
>> is dominated today by disk access times, not CPU cycles in addressing a
>> file system.
>> And with the demise of spinning rust, there is no seek delay either, so
>> the theoretical advantages of an actual partition in the disks low
>> sector area, no longer outweigh the operational simplicity of a swap file.
>>
>> Like so many other things that grew out of limited RAM and slow spinning
>> rust disks, the swap partition is really no longer necessary...
>
> One advantage of a swap partition is that it`s a dedicated space - if you
> start running low on space it may limit the size of swapfile that can be
> created, which has a knock-on impact on performance.
>
I dont think you understand the nature of a swapfile.
It is a fixed length file.
> Another reason is if you`re using hibernate. You need swap space at least
> as large as RAM to save out your memory contents to, so that can prevent
> hibernate working if you are running low on space. Also hibernate/restore
> is a fairly low-level process and swap partitions are easier to setup for
> that than swap files.
>
Again, you are talking bollocks. Swap files are pre-allocated, of fixed
size, and zero filled.
> Theo
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