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fpolingtoday at 8:22 PM1 replyview on HN

On x64 CPU for laptops the memory bandwidth is rather limited and a fast compressor like lz4 can saturate it. As the result latest SSD are faster then z-ram when using hardware encryption on SSD.


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Rohansitoday at 8:51 PM

If you care about performance you shouldn't be running from swap period. Swap is just a safety net.

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