FLASH disk as swap

[kitepilot at kitepilot.com]

I have been using flash drives for swap for ages, even before I knew that I 
shouldn't...    :)
So far, so good, YMMV.
ET 

 

Marco Savo writes: 

> Hello,
> I have a *simple* question:
> it is possible use a FLASH drive as SWAP? someone told me that there
> is a limited numbers of write that is possible doing, so that will
> reduce the life of the flash. But what about SSD hard drives then? are
> not NAND flash as well? and which is the best filesistem to use then?
> (UBIFS? EXT4?...)
> Oh obviusly... but why we need a swap? 
> 
> I hope you like my questions, maybe one day I can also provide answers... 
> 
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