--- On Fri 03/08, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Mar 2002, gikoreno wrote:
>
> >
> > DISK 2:
> > SWAP 128MB
> > /usr 5GB RAID0 XFS 2nd
> > /usr/local 5GB RAID0 XFS 2nd
> > SWAP 128MB
> > /var 5GB RAID0 XFS 2nd
> > SWAP 128MB
> > /tmp 5GB XFS
> > SWAP 128MB
> > /opt 5GB RAID0 XFS 2st
> > /home 11GB RAID0 XFS 2st
> >
> >
> > Summary:
> > /boot -> 36MB
> > / -> 5GB
> > /usr -> 10GB RAID0
> > /usr/local ->10GB RAID0
> > swap -> 2GB
> > /var -> 10GB RAID0
> > /tmp -> 5GB
> > /opt -> 10GB RAID0
> > /home -> 22GB RAID0
> > X -> 16GB
>
> Is there a reason for breaking up swap like this? I.e., are you
> interleaving swap partitions between the others?
Yes, the idea was to ensure that the drive's read/write heads were always close to a swap partition (on the faster part of the hard drive). I was told this is supposed to improve performance.
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