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150 points shaunpud | 1 comments | 29 Aug 25 02:39 UTC | HN request time: 0.293s | source

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fh973 ◴[29 Aug 25 05:37 UTC] No.45060597[source]▶

Swap on servers somewhat defeats the purpose of ECC memory: your program state is now subject to complex IO path that is not end-to-end checksum protected. Also you get unpredictable performance.

So typically: swap off on servers. Do they have a server story?

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1. goodpoint ◴[29 Aug 25 09:54 UTC] No.45062143[source]▶

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That's not how swap is meant to be used on servers.

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