Quoting Erik Josefsson (2019-06-18 14:26:57) > This is another quite open question that I probably could research > myself, if I had the time. > > As far as I understand, it is quite recent that SD cards are fast and > large enough to be able to carry and run an entire Debian instance. > > If this is the case, maybe there is only theory available regarding > whether you can make a computer "run faster" on a 64GB SD card than on > a 32GB SD card when cards are otherwise identical. > > I don't really know how swap works on a standard computer, even less > how it works when the whole computer runs from/on a SD card. > > Swap is supposed to be make your computer pretend that you have more > RAM than it actually has, but if the whole computer is running from/on > RAM (or is it?), then what does swap mean? Good explanation on swap: https://www.linuxatemyram.com/ > On Teres-I with redpill RC2 (now there is a RC3 that I have not yet > installed) an unfortunate website with pop up commercials (like dn.se) > can eat all performance there is and freeze the mouse for hours. I > would guess that could have been fixed on a normal computer with "more > RAM", i.e., "more swap"? But is the same true for e.g. Teres-I? > > > Second question is if it is meaningful to buy a "super duper blazing > fast" SD card for the task to run a whole Debian system? > > There is a very expensive 64GB SD card from SanDisk that is called > Extreme Pro that costs twice as much as same size Extreme Plus. Specs > say it is "super duper blazing fast" for video in "Ultra HD 4K", but > would Pro also be faster than Plus for the task of running Thunderbird > and Firefox at the same time? Recent research on SD card performance: https://github.com/ThomasKaiser/Knowledge/blob/master/articles/A1_and_A2_rated_SD_cards.md - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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