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Is using a swap partition (on linux) bad for an SSD's lifetime?
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this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
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Yes, but in the real world it is not a concern. The number of writes you can do is so huge that you will never come even near it, and the speed boost from SSD far far outweighs it.
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/storage-at-microsoft/understanding-ssd-endurance-drive-writes-per-day-dwpd-terabytes/ba-p/426024
Good summary.
It should last a long time but I have exhausted multiple disks. Just depends on your workloads and lifespan