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		akerl_ 61 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Replacing a $3000/mo Heroku bill with a $55/mo ser... If my swap is on my disk, what good is storing file cache there, next to the files?

CGamesPlay 61 days ago [–]

There is absolutely no point to doing that, which is why file cache is never swapped out. The swapped part is not-recently-used, wired memory from processes, so that there is more room for file cache.

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