SSD thrashing

[Phil]

On 25/7/20 12:28 pm, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jul 2020 10:51:56 +1000, Phil wrote:
>> 790Gb free
> PS: Keep in mind that your SSD has got that much free space. AFAIK if
> you allocate a swap way smaller than 790 GB, the SSD does not overwrite
> the same cells of that smaller space again and again, AFAIK it rotates
> and does use all free cells from the 790 GB available.

Thank you for your reply Ralf.

I already have a 2Gb swap partition which doesn't seem to be enough to 
prevent SSD thrashing. I know that I have a few options and I suppose 
what I was really asking is what others have done to prevent thrashing.

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Regards,
Phil