Re: Swap File [Was: 240GB SSD?]

2013-08-08 Thread mike smith
gt; http://www.storagesearch.com/ssdmyths-endurance.html > > ** ** > > Cheers, > > Ben > > ** ** > > *From:* ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto: > ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] *On Behalf Of *mike smith > *Sent:* Friday, 9 August 2013 10:

RE: Swap File [Was: 240GB SSD?]

2013-08-08 Thread Ben.Robbins
, Ben From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com [mailto:ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com] On Behalf Of mike smith Sent: Friday, 9 August 2013 10:12 AM To: ozDotNet Subject: Re: Swap File [Was: 240GB SSD?] On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 10:46 AM, James Chapman-Smith mailto:ja...@chapman-smith.com>> wrote:

Re: Swap File [Was: 240GB SSD?]

2013-08-08 Thread Preet Sangha
In the main the advice I've got was that you can run without one. However I do SSAS/SQL stuff and during intensive processing when memory is eaten like lollies (I have 16Gb ram) a swap file is needed as the PC crashes unless I had one. so for me it's needed, but I believe others run happily witho

Re: Swap File [Was: 240GB SSD?]

2013-08-08 Thread mike smith
On Fri, Aug 9, 2013 at 10:46 AM, James Chapman-Smith < ja...@chapman-smith.com> wrote: > What's the deal with not having a swap file? > > ** ** > > I've heard that there are some programs in Windows that require a swap > file to function. Or is that just BS? > The VMM probably needs one. :^)

Swap File [Was: 240GB SSD?]

2013-08-08 Thread James Chapman-Smith
What's the deal with not having a swap file? I've heard that there are some programs in Windows that require a swap file to function. Or is that just BS? In the past I've run without one and things have seemed fine, but I'd like to know if I can get rid of it or not? Especially since I'm using