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I have a samsung 850 evo 120GB ssd. I have installed ubuntu on it , with a 119GB / and 1 GiB Swap(on the ssd) . Is the swap a good idea? Should I remove the swap ? Problem is , I have only 1 GB ram.

EDIT - My question is not about where to put the swap , it's about how putting swap on the ssd affects its lifespan significantly.

spark
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    That very much depends on how much you use the swap. See also [Why no swap partitions on SSD drives?](http://askubuntu.com/q/652337) – Jonas Czech Jun 12 '16 at 07:33
  • @JonasCz my swappiness is 60 – spark Jun 12 '16 at 07:45
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I do not swap on ssd to avoid reduction of the life cycle, but I also have 16 GB RAM. Depending on your system ram is very cheap (8gb ddr3 30€). This would be the only good solution. You can try to turn off swapping, but this can decrease the performance of your system. You can install lubuntu-desktop and switch to lxde to safe ram

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