1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Any way to disable BOINC's usage of the page/swap file? (Message 65940) Posted 10 Dec 2015 by nocheinfinita Post: Think I've tried this in the past (2013, when I only had 8GB of RAM in my system), but it didn't change the daily wear. At the time, I figured it might have been an issue with the lack of sufficient RAM, which would result in BOINC using my page file; but now with 16GB, this shouldn't be an issue. The issue isn't the data from the project(s), it's that BOINC is using the page/swap file; and from what I understand, if you have sufficient RAM, it doesn't have a reason to use it. (Just in case) I'll give it another go and I'll post an update.

2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Any way to disable BOINC's usage of the page/swap file? (Message 65930) Posted 10 Dec 2015 by nocheinfinita Post: I have sufficient RAM (16GB) to the point where I have free RAM available while running tasks (not in standby, or cached if you prefer), and I don't want BOINC to be using my page/swap file so that I might reduce the wear on my SSD. Is there any way to disable BOINC's access to the page/swap file? Is reducing the amount, in percentage, the only thing I can do? And does reducing it to 1% access of the page file (new to me, coming from BOINC 7.2.42, which allowed me to lower it to .01%) really do anything other than reduce the size of my page file? The wear on my SSD is the only thing that really gets to me when using BOINC. It's roughly 10GB a day; 2-4x more if I let it run 24/7.

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