Swap on SSD - will it decrease life sizeably?

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I have a samsung 850 evo 120GB ssd. I have installed ubuntu on it , with a 119GB / and 1 GiB Swap(on the ssd) . Is the swap a good idea? Should I remove the swap ? Problem is , I have only 1 GB ram.

EDIT - My question is not about where to put the swap , it's about how putting swap on the ssd affects its lifespan significantly.

That very much depends on how much you use the swap. See also Why no swap partitions on SSD drives? — Jonas Czech, Jun 12 '16 at 07:33
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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 12 '16 at 08:06

I do not swap on ssd to avoid reduction of the life cycle, but I also have 16 GB RAM. Depending on your system ram is very cheap (8gb ddr3 30€). This would be the only good solution. You can try to turn off swapping, but this can decrease the performance of your system. You can install lubuntu-desktop and switch to lxde to safe ram

Swap on SSD - will it decrease life sizeably?

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