From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QPKzB-00044R-6F for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 25 May 2011 20:47:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EFA001C3AD; Wed, 25 May 2011 20:39:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx.virtyou.com (mx.virtyou.com [94.23.166.77]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B74EE1C30E for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 20:39:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.2.43] (p5B275224.dip.t-dialin.net [91.39.82.36]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx.virtyou.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E813A39A005 for ; Wed, 25 May 2011 22:39:19 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4DDD68DA.3040008@wonkology.org> Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 22:38:50 +0200 From: Alex Schuster User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Swap performance References: <201105251621.00659.wonko@wonkology.org> <3411637.6h55QLqd4n@localhost> <201105252203.44570.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201105252203.44570.alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 864648e6bec1b382d0684a78e8a25e76 Alan McKinnon writes: > That reminds me of how SSDs ought to be much faster than hard disks. > > But every time I use my Acer netbook (8G SSD) I curse and swear and commit > random acts of violence - that first gen SSD controller is the worst possible > thing to ever hit computers. I swear the 4G SDHC expansion card is leaps > faster.... > > (completely OT, I know. I'll keep quiet now.) Ah, it's okay, we all need this from time to time :) Wonko